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lima

lima · f

a file

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Where it lives

De Arte Poetica liber 1 · 3.24/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Letters 2 · 0.31/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k
Institutio Oratoria 1 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

1. līma — Lewis & Short

līma, ae, f.etym. unknown,

I a file.

I Lit.: limā proterere aliquid, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9: 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, App. M. 8, p. 204 fin.

2. lima — Walde–Hofmann

lima, -ae f. ,Feile* (seit Plaut, rom., ebenso Iimó, -Avi, -àtum, -dre „feile, schleife ab, poliere, glätte“ seit Liv. Andr. [/indtus. „gefeilt^ seit Cic, mátwlus d, X. Cic.]; vgl noch limdtió seit Suet., limätor *bwnthe GL, iimárius faber r., limatüra späte Mediziner (vgl. rasüra usw., Zellmer 44, lima f. „kleine Feile* seit Ter. Maur.; élimó „feile aus“ seit Ov., delimatus „weggefeilt“ seit Plin., dalimator Gl): … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lima, p. 833]

3. lima — Walde–Hofmann

lima, -ae f. „borstige oder stachlige Pflanze“ (Paul. Fest. 120 genus herbae vel potius spinae, nach Gl, Philox. eine Minzenart [s. Bücheler Kl. Schr. HI 51]; Zumärise [falczs] sunt quibus secant lümecta, id est cum in agris serpunt spinae; quäs quod ab terrà agricolae solvunt, id est luunt, lumecta Varro 1.1. 5, 137 [wie dümectum nach frutectum:; nicht mit dümectum identisch, Thurneysen Festschr. Wackernagel 118]; … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lima, p. 863]

In the wild

limam Pliny the Younger, Letters 8.4.7
limae Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.6
limam Sidonius Apollinaris, Carmina 23.144
limae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.13.p1
limam Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.8.p1
limae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.28.p1

6 of 15 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lima (scan pp. 382-383; entry #6047).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lima (scan pp. 833-834; entry #1550). Root candidates: *loi-, *slihta-, *sleig-.

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