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limitaris

of a boundary

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What it meant

1. limitaris — de Vaan

limitaris 'of a boundary' (Varro+). Pit *lim-en- [n.] 'crossbar', *Um-etr 'boundary'. It cognates: O. Himitu[ra [acc.sg. or gen.pL] 'boundary path, limit', probably borrowed from Latin. Derived from (the base of) the adj. limns 'transverse, oblique', possibly *lim-en'crossbar\ Limes can be from *lim(o)-it- 'going transverse' (thus WH), but more likely seems a derivational analysis as *limo- 'oblique5 » *lun-et- 'the … — [de Vaan, s.v. limitaris, p. 356]

2. līmĭtāris — Lewis & Short

līmĭtāris, e, adj.id.,

I that is on the border: iter, a path that runs between two fields, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, § 21 Müll.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. limitaris (scan p. 356; entry #917). Root candidates: *limo-.

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