limen

līmen, inis, n.: a threshold, 2.242, et al.; (meton.), door, gate, portal, 2.480; a dwelling, abode, palace, 1.389; realm, 6.696; border, limit, 10.355; the line where the race begins or ends, the “calx," the starting point, 5.316; in līmine, near at hand, in sight, 7.598.

līmen, ĭnis, n. [Gr. λέχρις, λοξός; Lat. obliquus, līmus; hence prop. a cross-piece], a threshold; the head-piece or foot-piece of a doorway, the lintel or the sill (limen superum et inferum).

• I Lit.: limen superum inferumque, salve, Plaut. Merc. 5, 1, 1 (830): limen superum, quod mihi misero saepe confregit caput: Inferum autem, ubi ego omnis digitos defregi meos, Novius ap. Non. 336, 14: sensim super attolle limen pedes, nova nupta, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 1 (814): imponere foribus, Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 96: ad limen consulis adesse, Liv. 2, 48: curiae, id. 3, 41: primo limine, at the outer threshold, Juv. 1, 96.—Plur. (poet.): haec limina, intra quae puer est, Juv. 14, 45; 220.—The moment of touching the threshold was regarded as ominous: ter limen tetigi, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 55.—Prov.: salutare a limine, to greet in passing, i. e. to touch upon slightly, not go deeply into, Sen. Ep. 49, 6.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 A door, entrance: ubi hanc ego tetulero intra limen, Plaut. Cist. 3, 19 (649): intrare intra limen, id. Men. 2, 3, 63 (413): intra limen cohibere se, to keep within doors, id. Mil. 3, 1, 11 (606): marmoreo stridens in limine cardo, Verg. Cir. 222; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 73: fores in liminibus profanarum aedium januae nominantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67: ad valvas se templi limenque convertisse, Caes. B. C. 3, 105: penetrare aulas et limina regum, the courts and doors, Verg. G. 2, 504: ipso in limine portae, id. A. 2, 242; cf.: tremuitque saepe limite in primo sonipes, Sen. Agam. 629: famuli ad limina, doorkeepers, porters, Sil. 1, 66: in limine portūs, at the very entrance of the haven, Verg. A. 7, 598: densos per limina tende corymbos, Juv. 6, 52.—
    • 2 Still more gen., a house, dwelling, abode: matronae nulla auctoritate virorum contineri limine poterant, in the house, at home, Liv. 34, 1: ad limen consulis adesse, etc., id. 2, 48: limine pelli, Verg. A. 7, 579.—
    • 3 Poet., the barrier in a race-course: limen relinquunt, Verg. A. 5, 316.—
• II Trop., both entrance and exit.
• • A A beginning, commencement (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): leti limine in ipso, Lucr. 6, 1157: in limine belli, Tac. A. 3, 74: in ipso statim limine obstare, Quint. 2, 11, 1: in limine victoriae, Curt. 6, 3, 10; 6, 9, 17; 9, 10, 26: a limine ipso mortis revocatus, Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143; Sen. Ep. 22, 16; Just. 14, 3, 9.—
  • B An end, termination (post-class.): in ipso finitae lucis limine, Ap. Met. 11, 21, 28; cf.: limina sicut in domibus finem quendam faciunt, sic et imperii finem limen esse veteres voluerunt, Just. Inst. 1, 12, § 5.

līmen, inis, n. (stammverwandt mit 1. limus u. ob-liquus), die Schwelle, Türschwelle, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig.: limen superum inferumque, Plaut.: limen inferius, Varro: Arabium (von arabischem Marmor), Prop.: limen templi, Caes.: cubiculi, Cic.: domus suae, Sen. u. Curt.: curiae, Plin.: limina aedium, Cic.: intra limen, innerhalb seiner vier Wände od. Pfähle (Ggstz. foris), Sen.: amat ianua limen, Hor.: in limine domus suae consistere, Curt.: intrare limen, Cic. u.a., oder intra limen subire, Plaut., od. limina subire, Iuven.: multis annis non transisse domus suae limen, nicht vor die Tür gekommen (= nicht ausgegangen) sein, Sen.: non alio limine dignus, keiner anderen Schwelle (poet. = keiner anderen Geliebten), Prop. – Sprichw., prospicere tantum et a limine salutare, eine Wissenschaft usw. gleichs. im Vorbeigehen grüßen, d.i. nur berühren, sich nicht in sie vertiefen, Sen. ep. 49, 6. – B) meton.: 1) Schwelle = Wohnung, Behausung, Aufenthalt, limine contineri, Liv.: limine pelli, Verg.: limina mutant, Verg.: tua limina adirem, Verg.: limen sceleratum, Wohnung der Gottlosen in der Unterwelt, Verg. – 2) Schwelle = Eingang, Casilina limina, die Tore von Kasilinum, Sil. 12, 426: in limine portus (Hafens der Ruhe), Verg. Aen. 7, 598. – 3) Schwelle = Ausgang, a) v. den Schranken in der Rennbahn, Verg. Aen. 5, 316. – b) die Grenz mark, Grenze, extra limen Apuliae, Hor. carm. 3, 4, 10: maris interni, die Straße von Gibraltar, Plin. 3, 4. – II) bildl.: 1) die Schwelle = der Anfang (s. Mützell Curt. 6, 3 [9], 16), in limine primo, Verg.: in limine belli, Tac.: in primo limine vitae, Sen. poët.: in ipso limine victoriae stamus, Curt.: non in limine operum laborumque nostrorum, sed in exitu stamus, Curt.: a mortis limine restituere, revocare, Catull. u. Plin. – 2) das Ende, lucis finitae, Apul. met. 11, 21; vgl. Iustin. instit. 1, 12. § 5.

limen [CL] 1 transverse beam of a doorway: a lower beam, threshold, sill. b upper beam, lintel. a ferrea ‥ fracturus limina valvae Aldh. VirgP 456 (v. Erebus); iste sanguine fuso in cruce ille in crucis modum medio ~ine et superliminari mediis asperso in postibus Bede Hom. II 5. 130; in ~ine janue Ord. Vit. III 13 p. 138 (v. frigus 4a); intrare festinanti pes hesit in ~ine Gir. IK I 8 p. 76; 1212 femina ‥ in intrando domum suam cecidit mortua super ~en ostii sui SelPlCrown 64; hoc ~en, siul Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20vb; ~en, a thresfolde, thryswold, thriswald WW.  b 1420 in ij ~inibus de quarcu et ij soles de esch emt. pro ij sperys de novo faciendis in predicta domo Mem. Ripon III 144. 2 entrance. b (~en ecclesiae) threshold of a church, also by synecdoche the church. c (~en Petri, ~ina apostolorum) the church of Rome, papal curia. d (~en sancti or sim.) shrine of a saint. tradidit his caeli per sudum scandere limen Aldh. VirgV praef. 8; longius adhuc a thalami ~inibus excubantes prima illa secretius secum ruminant elementa caritatis J. Ford Serm. 55. 9.  b censura a sacris ecclesiae ~inibus ‥ introitum arcebat Aldh. VirgP 33; 798 juxta ~inibus aecclesiae disciplinatus et nutritus fui CS 283; eos vero, qui tales inveniuntur, ab aecclesiae ~ine per vim volumus abstrahi Egb. Dial. 410; 1075 te ‥ a ~inibus sanctae aecclesiae et consortio fidelium separavi Lanfr. Ep. 41 (33A); 1150 si quis ‥ has donaciones diminuere ‥ presumpserit, sciat se a ~inibus sancte Dei ecclesie sequestratum CartINorm. p. 340.  c sedisti in urbe Roma et apostolorum et martirum ~ina circuisti Aldh. VirgP 25 p. 259; Romam venire ad videnda ‥ apostolorum ac martyrum Christi ~ina cogitavit Bede HE V 9 p. 296; Rome principum apostolorum Petri et Pauli visitare proposuit ~ina V. Neot. A 6; Teodbaldus Dorubernensis archiepiscopus, Simon Wigornensis ‥ a papa jussi tendunt ad ~ina Petri J. Worc. 54; apostolorum ~ina petens et ad pedes pape se prosternens Gir. SD 16; s1475 ~ina apostolorum Petri et Pauli ‥ visitare Reg. Whet. II 118.  d 801 ad ~ina Sancti Martini Alcuin Ep. 242; sanctorum ~ina per Angliam circuibat, semivivum circumferens cadaver, et a sanctis sanitatem mendicans Mir. Wulfst. I 32; licet valetudine confectus esset et senio defessus, ipsius ~ina adire decrevit Mir. Fridesw. 12; adierat ‥ plurima sanctorum ~ina Ib. 20; ut ~ina beati Jacobi apostoli ‥ visitemus Reg. Paisley 90. 3 boundary, border. b territory enclosed within boundary, place; c (fig.). 814 his ~ibus [vv. ll. limitibus] haec pars telluris circumgirari videtur CS 346; 1280 recommendatis eciam me penes dominum Norwicensem episcopum infra cujus ~ina peregrinor AncC 47/176.  b ditati contemnunt limina Ditis Aldh. Aen. 67 (Cribellus) 6; debere pro eo in obsidem mitti cum decenti comitatu Dom. Ducem Gloucestrie et eas obviare debere utrinque in certo ~ine G. Hen. V 23 p. 160.  c in ipso ~ine cum stylo meo tam tenui nunc sto et haesito H. Bos. Thom. III 5 p. 190. 4 enclosed space, (falc.) cage or mew. 1297 de putura et ~ina dicti falconis ‥ xvj s. iiij d. Doc. Scot. II 137. 5 threshold, verge: a (of temporal period or eternity). b (of abstr. condition). a dum sani rursus redeunt ad lumina vitae / quamvis ante nigrae lustrassent limina mortis Aldh. CE 4. 1. 18; ad aeternae ~ina lucis ‥ ascendisse Bede HE IV 21 p. 257; p782 te in ~ine hujus vitae suspirare Alcuin Ep. 55; hicque dies [13 June] finit donorum limina longa Kal. M. A. I 407; processu dierum Walthenus, vernantis juventutis ~en attingens, sperabatur ‥ J. Furness Walth. 18; a primo vite maturioris ~ine P. Blois Ep. 131. 389C.  b in primo ~ine novellae religionis Aldh. Met. 2 p. 71; utraque modestiae ~en excedens Pull. Sent. 755B.

līmen, (8) ĭnis, n. , seuil : Pl. Merc. 830 ; Cic. Phil. 2, 45 ; Cæl. 34 || porte, entrée : Cic. Nat. 2, 67 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 73 || maison, habitation : Liv. 34, 1 ; Virg. En. 7, 579 || [fig.] début, commencement [poét.] : Lucr. 6, 1157 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 74 || fin, achèvement : Apul. M. 11, 21 || [poét.] la barrière [dans un champ de courses] : Virg. En. 5, 316.

limen , inis. n.
門限。門。— vitae 生下之時。人世。— superum 上限。— inferum 下限。Ad limina custos 門公。Limina imperii 國界。A limine disciplinas salutare 僅畧涉書史。

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līmen inis, n

• 2 LAC-, a cross-piece, threshold, head-piece, lintel, sill: primo Limine, at the outer threshold, Iu.: Ter limen tetigi (an omen), O.: haec limina, Intra quae puer est, Iu.—A door, entrance: limen exire, T.: intrare: marmoreum, H.: fores in liminibus aedium ianuae nominantur: templi, Cs.: in limine portūs, the very entrance, V.: Ausoniae, border, V.—A house, dwelling, abode: contineri limine, at home, L.: limine pelli, V.: deorum Limina, temples, V.—The barrier(in a race-course): limen relinquunt, V.—Fig., a beginning: belli, Ta.: in limine victoriae, on the eve, Cu.: mortis, Ct.

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LIMEN[JANUA]

Limen

See ianua.