limito Latin · revision 7815

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Varro|origins=la līmes}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈliː.mɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈliː.mi.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''līmitō''' (present infinitive līmitāre, perfect active līmitāvī, supine līmitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[līmes]] “boundary” with the verb suffix [[-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) An inscription has ⟨leim-⟩.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of defining.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Pliny the Elder it meant to enclose land within boundaries, as vineyards marked off by a road eighteen feet wide, and Festus also uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Varro it meant to outline, define.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to bound, limit.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Spanish and Portuguese ''lindar'' and French ''limiter''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|limit]] comes from Old French ''limite'', from its base ''līmes''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of defining.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of marking out vineyards.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''limit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To enclose within boundaries, [[m|en|limit]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To outline, define.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēlīmitō]]

+ * [[illīmitātus]]

+ * [[līmitātiō]]

+ * [[collīmitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[līmes]]

+ * [[en|limit]]

+ * [[en|limitation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}