I.v. infra), adj. Gr. λέχριος, λέχρις, λοξός; Lat. licinus, ob-liquus, luxus, sidelong, askew, aslant, askance.
I. Lit.: “limis oculis aspicere,” to look sideways, look askance, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 2: “limis subrisit ocellis,” Ov. Am. 3, 1, 33: “(leones) nec limis intuentur oculis aspicique simili modo nolunt,” Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52: “limibus oculis eos contuens,” Amm. 20, 9.—So, limis aspicere (sc. oculis), Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 53: “limi, et ut sic dicam venerei (sc. oculi),” Quint. 11, 3, 76: “oculi contuitu quoque multiformes, truces et limi,” Plin. 11, 37, 54, § 145: “limi Di,” the guardian gods of obliquities, Arn. 4, 132.—
II. Transf., of persons, looking sideways: neque post respiciens, neque ante prospiciens, sed limus intra limites culinae, Varr. ap. Non. 133, 31; cf. id. ib. 442, 33.—Hence, adv.: līmō , sideways, askance: “leones numquam limo vident,” Sol. 27, 20; for which: limis oculis in Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52 (v. the passage above).
