nounthird declension
lī̆mon
lī̆mon or lī̆mō f (genitive lī̆mō̆nis)
Classical[ˈliː.mɔn]Ecclesiastical[ˈliː.mon]
Meaning
- New Latinlemon
Item, Succus Limonis efficax est ad calculum.
1576, [Pope John XXI], Thesaurus Pauperum: Petri Hispani pontificis Romani, philosophi ac medici doctissimi, de Medendis morbis humani corporis Liber: Experimenta particularia per simplicia Medicamenta ex probatissimis Autoribus, & proprijs obseruationibus collecta, continens. […], Francof. apud hæred. Chr. Egen., folio 62, recto:Odores quoque (licet in his videatur ſemper eſſe quædam Emiſsio corporea) operantur ad Distantias notabiles; vt euenire ſolet nauigantibus iuxta litora Floridæ, aut etiam nonnulla Hiſpaniæ, vbi ſunt Syluæ totæ ex arboribus Limonum, Arantiorum, & huiuſmodi Plantarum adoratarum, aut frutices Roriſmarini, Maioranæ, & ſimilium.
The Great Instauration1620, Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, sive Indicia Vera de Interpretatione Naturae [New Organon, or True Directions Concerning the Interpretation of Nature] (Instauratio Magna [The Great Instauration]), London: Apud Joannem Billium, Typographum Regium, page 299:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lī̆mon lī̆mō | lī̆mō̆nēs |
| genitive | lī̆mō̆nis | lī̆mō̆num |
| dative | lī̆mō̆nī | lī̆mō̆nibus |
| accusative | lī̆mō̆nem | lī̆mō̆nēs |
| ablative | lī̆mō̆ne | lī̆mō̆nibus |
| vocative | lī̆mon lī̆mō | lī̆mō̆nēs |
Origins
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