The corpus record — Latin

limito

limito · v. a

to enclose within boundaries

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Where it lives

Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 2 · 3.14/10k
Divus Aurelianus 2 · 2.56/10k
Ausonii Burdigalensis Vasatis Gratiarum Actio Ad Grati Angratianum Imperatorem Pro Consulatu 1 · 2.41/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
Thyestes 1 · 1.59/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 2 · 1.58/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De idolatria 1 · 1.45/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

līmĭto — Lewis & Short

līmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.limes,

I to enclose within boundaries or limits, to bound.

I Lit.: vineas limitari decumano XVIII. pedum latitudinis, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf.: limitatus ager est in centurias dimensus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.—

II Trop., to fix, settle, determine: limitata est pecuaria quaestio, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1.

Where it came from

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