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 *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), 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, tassel

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