LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

līmitāneus

līmitāneus (feminine līmitānea, neuter līmitāneum)
Classical[liː.mɪˈtaː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[li.miˈtaː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiverelationalborder
  2. adjectivelimiting (at a limit)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīmitāneuslīmitānealīmitāneum
genitivelīmitāneīlīmitāneaelīmitāneī
dativelīmitāneōlīmitāneaelīmitāneō
accusativelīmitāneumlīmitāneamlīmitāneum
ablativelīmitāneōlīmitāneālīmitāneō
vocativelīmitāneelīmitānealīmitāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelīmitāneīlīmitāneaelīmitānea
genitivelīmitāneōrumlīmitāneārumlīmitāneōrum
dativelīmitāneīslīmitāneīslīmitāneīs
accusativelīmitāneōslīmitāneāslīmitānea
ablativelīmitāneīslīmitāneīslīmitāneīs
vocativelīmitāneīlīmitāneaelīmitānea

līmitānĕus, a, um, adj. limes,
I. that is on the borders (late Lat.): agri limitanei, situated on the borders: milites, frontier troops, Cod. 11, 59, 3; Spart. Nigr. 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 58.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin līmitāneus From līmes + -āneus.

Quick answers

What does līmitāneus mean in Latin?
līmitāneus, a adjective, means “border; limiting (at a limit)”.
How do you pronounce līmitāneus?
In classical Latin, [liː.mɪˈtaː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [li.miˈtaː.ne.us].