noun · femininethird declension
līmāx
līmāx f (genitive līmācis)
Classical[ˈliː.maːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.maks]
Meaning
- slug, snail
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līmāx | līmācēs |
| genitive | līmācis | līmācum |
| dative | līmācī | līmācibus |
| accusative | līmācem | līmācēs |
| ablative | līmāce | līmācibus |
| vocative | līmāx | līmācēs |
līmax, ācis, f. (less freq. m.) [kindred with 2. limus:
I.
limax a limo quod ibi vivit, Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail. I. Lit.:
implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas, Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113: limaces nascuntur in vicia, id. 18, 17, 44, § 156: lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae, id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.—II. Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax), from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-m-.
Gallo-Romance
- Occitanlimaç
- Occitanlimaca
- Occitanlimauca
- Catalanllimac
- Occitanlimac
- Occitanlimauc
- Occitanlimaça
- Frenchlimacefrom Old French limace
- Englishlimacefrom Old French limace
- Old Frenchlimaz
Borrowings
- Englishlimax
- Italianlimace
- Romanianlimax
- Spanishlimaco
- Idolimakofrom Esperanto limako
- Interlingualimace
- TranslingualLimax
- Galicianlimacofrom Spanish limaco
Ibero-Romance
- Portugueselesma
- Spanishlumiaco
- Spanishlimaza
- Asturianllimaz
- Galicianlesma
- Aragoneselimaco
- Aragonesellimaco
- Asturianllimiagu
- Galicianlimacha
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianlimaca
- Italianlumaca
- Venetanłimega
Italo-Romance
- Italianlimaccia
- Sicilianlimaccia
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianlumèga
- Lombardlumaga
- Lombardlumega
- Lombardnumega
- Piedmonteselumega
- Romagnollumega
- Romagnollumeaga
- Emilianlumec
- Ligurianlumassa
- Lombardlimazza
Rhaeto-Romance
- Romanshglimaja