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Possibly from Proto-Italic *līmos (“oblique”), with no known cognates outside of Italic. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”). Compare perhaps Proto-Germanic *limuz (“limb, branch”).
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | līmus | līma | līmum | līmī | līmae | līma | |
| genitive | līmī | līmae | līmī | līmōrum | līmārum | līmōrum | |
| dative | līmō | līmae | līmō | līmīs | |||
| accusative | līmum | līmam | līmum | līmōs | līmās | līma | |
| ablative | līmō | līmā | līmō | līmīs | |||
| vocative | līme | līma | līmum | līmī | līmae | līma | |
Somewhat uncertain; maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) or *(s)ley-mo- (“slime”). Possible cognates include λίμνη (límnē, “marsh, pool, lake”), Sanskrit लिनाति (lināti, “sticks, stays, adheres to; slips into, disappears”), Ukrainian слимак (slymak, “snail”), Old Church Slavonic слина (slina, “spittle”), Old Irish sligim (“to smear”), leinam (“I follow”, literally “I stick to”), Irish lean, Welsh llyfn (“smooth”), English slime. According to De Vaan, Ancient Greek λεῖμαξ (leîmax, “snail”) is probably conversely borrowed from Latin.
līmus m (genitive līmī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līmus | līmī |
| genitive | līmī | līmōrum |
| dative | līmō | līmīs |
| accusative | līmum | līmōs |
| ablative | līmō | līmīs |
| vocative | līme | līmī |
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | līmus | līmī |
| genitive | līmī | līmōrum |
| dative | līmō | līmīs |
| accusative | līmum | līmōs |
| ablative | līmō | līmīs |
| vocative | līme | līmī |