"limen" meaning in Latin

See limen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: limina [plural, nominative], limina [plural, vocative], limina [plural, accusative], liminis [singular, genitive], liminum [plural, genitive], liminī [singular, dative], liminibus [plural, dative], liminĕ [singular, ablative], liminibus [plural, ablative]
  1. Seuil.
    Sense id: fr-limen-la-noun-n1a3lIXu Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Maison, habitation. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-limen-la-noun-qYzgAWXm Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: elimino, liminaris, praeliminaris, liminium, postliminium, postliminio, prolimen, superlimen, superliminare Related terms: limes

Inflected forms

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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en latin",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "translation": "éliminer, mettre a la porte",
      "word": "elimino"
    },
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      "translation": "liminaire ; relatif au seuil",
      "word": "liminaris"
    },
    {
      "translation": "préliminaire",
      "word": "praeliminaris"
    },
    {
      "translation": "seuil",
      "word": "liminium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "retour au pays, dans la patrie ; droit de rentrée dans la patrie",
      "word": "postliminium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "en vertu du droit de rentrée",
      "word": "postliminio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "parvis",
      "word": "prolimen"
    },
    {
      "word": "superlimen"
    },
    {
      "translation": "linteau de porte",
      "word": "superliminare"
    }
  ],
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    "Dérivé de lio (« verser »), avec le suffixe -men, littéralement « une traverse » ^([1]).",
    "Apparenté au grec ancien λέχρις, lekhris, λοξός, loxos, en latin à ob-liquus, līmus."
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    },
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      "form": "limina",
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    },
    {
      "form": "liminis",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminum",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminī",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminibus",
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        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminĕ",
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        "singular",
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      ]
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      "form": "liminibus",
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    {
      "translation": "chemin, traverse, limite",
      "word": "limes"
    }
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        {
          "text": "intrare limen.",
          "translation": "franchir le seuil."
        }
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        "Seuil."
      ],
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    {
      "translation": "éliminer, mettre a la porte",
      "word": "elimino"
    },
    {
      "translation": "liminaire ; relatif au seuil",
      "word": "liminaris"
    },
    {
      "translation": "préliminaire",
      "word": "praeliminaris"
    },
    {
      "translation": "seuil",
      "word": "liminium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "retour au pays, dans la patrie ; droit de rentrée dans la patrie",
      "word": "postliminium"
    },
    {
      "translation": "en vertu du droit de rentrée",
      "word": "postliminio"
    },
    {
      "translation": "parvis",
      "word": "prolimen"
    },
    {
      "word": "superlimen"
    },
    {
      "translation": "linteau de porte",
      "word": "superliminare"
    }
  ],
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    "Dérivé de lio (« verser »), avec le suffixe -men, littéralement « une traverse » ^([1]).",
    "Apparenté au grec ancien λέχρις, lekhris, λοξός, loxos, en latin à ob-liquus, līmus."
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    },
    {
      "form": "limina",
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    },
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      "form": "limina",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "liminis",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liminibus",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "liminĕ",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "ablative"
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    },
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      "form": "liminibus",
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        "plural",
        "ablative"
      ]
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    {
      "translation": "chemin, traverse, limite",
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        {
          "text": "intrare limen.",
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        }
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        "Seuil."
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        "Maison, habitation."
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  ],
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