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līmax

līmax · f

a slug, snail

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What it meant

1. līmax — Lewis & Short

līmax, ācis, f. (less freq. m.) [kindred with 2. limus:

I limax a limo quod ibi vivit, Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail.

I Lit.: implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas, Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113: limaces nascuntur in vicia, id. 18, 17, 44, § 156: lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae, id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.—

II Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.

2. limäx — Walde–Hofmann

limäx, -Zcis m. f. „Wegschnecke“ (seit Plaut, rom. neben *limäceus): gr. AeipaE, -üxog m. f. „nackte Schnecke ohne Haus“ — russ. siimdks, poln. $limak „Schnecke“; mit g-Sufl. apr. s/ayr m., lit. siekas m., lett, sliöka 1. „Regenwurm“ (J. Schmidt Vok. II 259f., Pedersen IF. 5, 69), ags. slaw-wyrm m. „Blindschleiche“, norw. slods. (Johansson PBB. 15, 233; grm. *slaihwö, sligwón oder *slaiwö, *sliwün, s. Walde-P. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. limäx, p. 834]

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