lima

līma, ae, f. [etym. unknown], a file.

• I Lit.: limā proterere aliquid, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9 (85): limā aliquid avellere, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: limā aliquid polire, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: topazius limam sentit, id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: confitendum est detrahere doctrinam aliquid, ut limam rudibus, * Quint. 2, 12, 8: vipera limam momordit, Phaedr. 4, 8, 5.—
• II Trop., a file, as applied to literary compositions, i. e. polishing, revision (not in Cic.; cf., however, limatus, under limo): defuit et scriptis ultima lima meis, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30: incipiam limā mordacius uti, Et sub judicium singula verba vocem, id. P. 1, 5, 19: limae labor et mora, Hor. A. P. 291: carmina rasa limā recenti, Mart. 10, 2, 3: in illis limae, in hoc plus videtur fuisse sanguinis, Vell. 2, 9, 2: ad limam consilii desiderium petitoris distulit, Ap. Met. 8, 8, 14.

1. līma, ae, f. (vgl. ahd. slīmen, ›blank schleifen‹), die Feile, limā praeterere alqd, Plaut.: limā lignariā limare alqd, Scrib. Larg.: limā polire alqd, Plin. – bildl., die Feile = künstlerische Ausarbeitung einer Schrift, labor limae, Hor.: limā polire, Quint., persequi, Plin. ep.: extremam limam opperiri, Plin. ep.: lima ultima defuit meis scriptis, Ov.: ut in illis limae, in hoc paene plus videatur fuisse sanguinis, Vell. 2, 9, 3.

1 lima v. limma

2 lima [CL] , file; b (fig.); c (w. ref. to thought, speech, or artistic composition). ~a: corpore sulcato ‥ / sum formata Aldh. Aen. 21 (Lima) tit.; ~a, fiil GlC L 251; Abbo Edm. 15 (v. fabrilis 1a); Walt. Angl. Fab. 48. 2, D. Bec. 452 (v. dens 4b); ~a pernecessaria in officina fabrorum Bald. Cant. Tract. 5. 447B; Gir. GE II 20 (v. fornax 1d); de plumbo fiunt manubria ~e surde quo sonus mortificatur M. Scot Part. 295; hec ~a, lime Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20ra.  b Johannes [Baptista] ‥ asperrimae poenitudinis ~a Aldh. VirgP 23; manum humilem conscientie innocue corrodere non prevalet ~a pravitatis aliene R. Cold. Osw. pref. p. 327; siccitas capre causa est copie lactis quia siccitas est ~a caloris Quaest. Salern. B 126; ave, virgo, norma morum, / ave, lima viciorum, / ave serra sordium Walt. Wimb. Virgo 69.  c hic quicquid ‥ elaborabat ‥ Aldelmi committebat arbitrio ut perfecti ingenii ~a eraderetur scabredo Scottica W. Malm. GP V 191; eloquium ‥ schematis hujus ~a ‥ expolitum Gir. DK I 12 p. 188; a1200 epistulas meas ‥ ~a diligentior et exquisitior vigilantia correxisset P. Blois Ep. 1. 1B; [liber] sentiet castigatioris ~e judicium Ib. 19. 71B; ita quod verbum bis ad ~am veniat, priusquam semel ad linguam Cust. Cant. 129; [nummus] nichil prodest quamvis multo / rethorumque lima culto / floreat eloquio Walt. Wimb. Van. 44; si autem in aliquo defeceris, cum cote vel ~a potest rectificari Odington 85.

4 lima [cf. CL linia, ML limarius] , net. rete, sagena, plaga, cum casse, sagenula, lima Garl. Syn. 599; a nette, ‥ versus: rethe, sagena, plaga, cum casse, sagenula, ~a CathA.

5 lima v. 1 luna

1 līma, (13) æ, f. , lime : Pl. Men. 85 ; Plin. 9, 109 ; Quint. 2, 12, 8 || [fig.] travail de la lime, révision, retouche, correction : Hor. P. 291 ; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30 ; Vell. 2, 9, 2.

lima , ae. f.
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līma ae, f

• 1 LIG-, a file: vipera limam momordit, Ph.—Fig., of literary work, polishing, revision: Defuit scriptis ultima lima, O.: limae labor, H.

LIMA

LIMA(ῥίνη), a file, was made of iron or steel, for the purpose of polishing metal or stone, and appears to have been of the same form as the instruments used for similar purposes in modern times. (Plin. Nat.9.109, 28.148, 37.109; Plant. Menaechm. 1.1, 9; Xen. Gyrop. 6.2, 33.)

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Lima

(ῥίνη). A file, practically identical with our own (Pliny, H. N. ix. 109).