līmō (present infinitivelīmāre, perfect activelīmāvī, supinelīmātum); first conjugation
to sharpen
to file, file off
to polish, finish
(figuratively) to investigate accurately
Conjugation
1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
Derived terms
līmātē
līmātus
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From līmus(“mud, slime”).
Verb
līmō (present infinitivelīmāre, perfect activelīmāvī, supinelīmātum); first conjugation, no passive
to besmirch
to bespatter with mud
Conjugation
Related terms
Descendants
Romanian: ima
Sicilian: lippu (?)
References
“limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
limo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic*lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lima, from Proto-Austronesian*lima.
Numeral
limo
five
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈli.mɔ/
Rhymes: -imɔ
Syllabification: li‧mo
Noun
limon
(colloquial) black eye
Synonym:podkowa
Declension
Further reading
limo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
limo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: li‧mo
Etymology 1
Noun
limom (plurallimos)
mud, slime, silt
Synonym:lodo
seaweed, wack (weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond)
Etymology 2
Verb
limo
first-person singular present indicative of limar
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlimo/[ˈli.mo]
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: li‧mo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latinlīmus, from Proto-Indo-European*(s)ley-(“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”).
Noun
limom (plurallimos)
mud, slime, silt
Synonyms:barro, lodo
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
limo
first-person singular present indicative of limar
References
Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “limo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656
Further reading
“limo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tiruray
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lima, from Proto-Austronesian*lima.
Numeral
limo
five
West Coast Bajau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*lima, from Proto-Austronesian*lima.