limbus

limbus , ī, m.: a border, hem, fringe, 4.137.

limbus, i, m., a border that surrounds any thing, a hem, welt, edge, selvage, fringe; a belt, band, girdle.

• I Lit.: Sidoniam picto chlamydem circumdata limbo, Verg. A. 4, 137; id. ib. 2, 616 (this the better read., others nimbo): indutus chlamydem Tyriam, quam limbus obibat Aureus, Ov. M. 5, 51; id. ib. 6, 127; 2, 734; Stat. Ach. 1, 330: frontem limbo velata pudicam, with a headband, fillet, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 118; cf.: imminuerent frontes limbis, Arn. 2, 72: picto discingit pectora limbo, with a girdle, belt, Stat. Th. 6, 367.—
• II Transf. *
• • A The zodiac: extra limbum XII. signorum, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 7; id. ap. Prob. ad Verg. E. 6, 31.—
  • B A noose, snare, for catching animals, Grat. Cyn. 25.

limbus, ī, m. (zu altind. lámbatē, hängt herab), I) der Streifen, womit etwas eingefaßt-, umgeben wird, a) am Kleide, der Besatz, die Bordüre, Verg. Aen. 4, 137 (dazu Serv.). Ov. met. 2, 734 u. 5, 51. Treb. Poll. trig. tyr. 30, 14. – b) am Gewebe, der Saum, Ov. met. 6, 127: picto genualia limbo, ibid. 10, 593. – c) als Binde, Claud. cons. Mall. et Theod. 118 (Gesner nimbo). Arnob. 2, 41. – d) als Gürtel, Stat. Theb. 6, 367. – II) übtr.: 1) limbus XII signorum, der Tierkreis, Varro r. r. 2, 3, 7. – 2) die Schlinge zum Einfangen der Tiere, Gratt. cyn. 25.

1 limbus v. 1 lembus

2 limbus [CL] 1 ornamental border, hem, fringe, ribbon. lembum, listan vel thres GlC L 121; ~us ðres, liset Ib. 243; lymbus, clavus in veste regis Ib. 342; c1080 ~os cortinarum (v. 1 arcio b); 1174 vj pennis cattinis et totidem ~is Pipe 8; dalmatie [sic] fines extremos ~us deauratus ‥ circumluit R. Cold. Cuthb. 42 p. 87; 1214 in manutergiis, corinphis, limpis, capellis de pilo, capellis de feutro ‥ Cl 143b; hic ~us, urle Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21rb; 1445 (v. fanella); hic lumbus, a burdyre WW; hic ~us, A. a rebant WW. 2 edge, rim. b limb, graduated edge of astrolabe. c (her.) bordure. ~um, girum, circuitum GlC L 159; nec altaris ~um seu lignee trabis fulcimentum petiit R. Cold. Godr. 90 p. 100; vidit puellam ‥ corpore per ~os parietis gradientem Id. Godr. 125; 1245 (v. florare 2a); 1245 (v. gladiolatus); cujus inquam monete forma a veteri diversificabatur in tantum, quod crux duplicata ~um literatum pertransibat M. Par. Maj. V 18; reparandis rugis ~os replicat foliorum [codicis] R. Bury Phil. 17. 220.  b termeni arabici in instrumento astrolabii: ‥ lymbus, divisio circuli in 360 partes W. Worc. Itin. 240.  c orarium dicitur ~us qui apponitur ore, id est, margini et extremitati alicujus vestimenti, causa ornatus Spelman Asp. 106. 3 edge, boundary, frontier. omnia quae praesens tellus producit alendo / et maris haec facies limbo circumvenit amplo Alcuin Carm. 70. 2. 2; 864 (11c) qui ‥ salsam ~am latentis ponti ‥ gubernat CS 509; villa ‥ in ipso maris ~o et littore posita R. Cold. Cuthb. 68 p. 138; quasi in ipso terre ~o Gir. EH I 4; Indiam expetiit, ut ultimo Orientis Occeani ~o imperii sui finem terminaret Flor. Hist. I 68; novum fecit episcopatum apud Carleolum, in ~o Anglie et Galwallie Ib. II 55. 4 Limbo, place on the border of Hell, abode of the righteous who lived before Christ and of unbaptized infants. non tantum redemit illos qui tunc erant in Lymbo inferni, qui locus dicebatur sinus Abrahae Beleth RDO 96. 98; p1200 quod si a purgatorio vel a ~o inferni [Lazarus] revocatus est ‥ P. Blois Ep. Sup. 39. 2; a Limbo / sanctos patres eruis Walt. Wimb. Virgo 108; sic iste Johannes ‥ preparavit regi viam ad Lumbum inferni B. Cotton HA 174; fuit ~us patrum ubi nulla anima modo recipitur post Christi passionem Holcot Wisd. 111; ad Limbum descendentis, / Inferni spolia, / de morte triumphantis / plena victoria Ledrede Carm. 19. 21; [Johannes Baptista] in ~um positus Christum venturum prenunciat Eul. Hist. I 79; Christus extraxit patres de ~o Ziz. 92.

limbus, (16) ī, m. , bordure, lisière, frange : Virg. En. 4, 137 ; Ov. M. 5, 51 || ceinture : Stat. Th. 6, 367 || le Zodiaque : Varro R. 2, 3, 7 || piège : Gratt. Cyn. 25.

limbus , i. m.
衣邊。衣纓。

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limbus ī, m

• a border, hem, edge, selvage, fringe: pictus, V., O.

LIMBUS

LIMBUS(παρυφή), the border of a tunic or a scarf, chiefly in the woman's dress (Verg. A. 4.137; Serv. ad loc. 7). This ornament, when displayed upon the tunic, was of a similar kind with the CYCLASand INSTITA(Servius in Verg. A. 2.616), but much less expensive, more common and more simple. It was generally woven in the same piece with the entire garment of which it formed a part, and it had sometimes the appearance of a scarlet or purple band upon a white ground; in other instances it resembled foliage (Verg. A. 1.649; Ovid, Ov. Met. 6.127), or the scrolls and meanders introduced in architecture. A very elegant effect was produced by bands of gold thread interwoven in cloth of Tyrian purple (Ovid, Ov. Met. 51), and called ληροὶ or leria. (Festus, s. v.; Brunck, Anal. 1.483.) Demetrius Poliorcetes was arrayed in this manner (χρυσοπαρύφοις ἁλουργίσι, Plut. Demetr. 41). Virgil (Aen. 5.251) mentions a scarf enriched with gold, the border of which was in the form of a double meander. In illustration of this account examples of both the single and the double meander are introduced at the top of the annexed woodcut. The other eight specimens of limbi are selected to show some of the principal varieties of this ornament, which present themselves on Etruscan vases and other works of ancient art.

An ornamental band, when used by itself as a fillet to surround the temples or the waist, was also called limbus. (Stat. Theb. 6.367, Achill. 2.176; Claud. de Cons. Mallii Theod. 118.) A later name for the limbus was lorum, whence dresses with one or more rows of stripes were called monolores, dilores, trilores, &c. (Vopisc. Aurel. 46, 6). The makers of limbi were called limbolarii (Plaut. Aul. 514, and Wagner's critical note). For these limbi, see also Marquardt, Privatleben, 544; Blümner, Technologie, 1.202; Becker-Göll, Charikles, 3.255, Gallus, 3.266.

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Limbus

(παρυφή). The border of a tunic or a scarf, chiefly in a woman's dress. Various patterns were used in weaving of the limbus, which was usually of a piece with the garment itself. See Serv. ad Verg. Aen. ii. 676.