limbus

English

Etymology

From Latin limbus (“edge, border”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪmbəs

Noun

limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Derived terms

• limbal
• limbal ring

Related terms

• limbate

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from the same Proto-Indo-European root as

• Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp
• Or Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlim.bus/

Noun

limbus m (genitive limbī); second declension

1. A border, edge
2. hem, fringe

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	limbus	limbī
genitive	limbī	limbōrum
dative	limbō	limbīs
accusative	limbum	limbōs
ablative	limbō	limbīs
vocative	limbe	limbī

Derived terms

• limbātus

Descendants

Descendants of limbus in other languages

• Catalan: llimbs
• English: limbus, limbo, limbic
• French: limbe, limbique
• German: Limbus

• Portuguese: limbo
• Russian: лимб (limb)
• Spanish: limbo

References

• limbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• limbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• limbus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limbus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• limbus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin