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

• English: limbus
• English: limbo
• English: limbic system
• French: limbique
• Russian: лимб (limb)

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
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “limbus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “limbus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• 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