limulus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Diminutive from līmus (askance) +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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līmulus (feminine līmula, neuter līmulum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. diminutive of līmus (askance, oblique)
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 5.2.12:
      Viden limulis, obsecro, ut intuentur?
    • Terentianus Maurus, De litteris, de syllabis, de metris 284:
      haec prius, Bassine fili et tu gener Novate mi, / perpolite, quam potestis, crebriore limula.
  2. squinting, squint-eyed

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

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Descendants

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References

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  • limulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • limulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.