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“lime” in Latin
calxlimestone; chalk; the finish linemācerōto soften, make tender by soaking or steeping; to weaken, waste away; to vex, torment, distressvīscusorgan (any internal organ of the body); entrails, viscera, bowels, internal organs; the innermost part of something, as viscummistletoe; birdlime made from this planttilialinden or lime tree; the inner bark of the linden or lime treetiliāgineus(made of) linden-wood (genus Tilia)tiliāceusmade of wood from the linden tree (genus Tilia)CapitōlīnusCapitolinetiliārisof the lime treeCaeliusLucius Coelius Antipater, a Roman jurist and historian; Marcus Caelius Rufus, a Roman politician and orator
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lime s.
(a kind of earth) calx: Quicklime, calx viva: slaked lime, calx exstincta or macerata: to slake lime, calcem exstinguere or macerare: to mix lime, calcem temperare: to burn lime, calcem coquere.
lime s.
(a viscous substance) viscus: viscum.
lime s.
(a tree) tilia. Of the wood of the lime-tree, tiliagineus (Col.); tiliaceus (Capitolini): tiliaris (caelius, Aur.).
lime v.
(to smear with bird-lime)(to smear with bird-lime), visco oblinere or inungere. A limed twig, virga viscata (Varr., R.R., 3, 7, 7; Ov., Met., 15, 474); calamus aucupatorius (Mart. 14, 218, title): to set limed twigs, virgis viscatis, or calamis fallere volucres or alites. LIME-BURNER, calcarius (Cato).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lime?
- The usual Latin words for “lime” are calx, mācerō, vīscus; also viscum, tilia, tiliāgineus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.