līmen inis, n
2 LAC-,
a cross-piece, threshold, head-piece, lintel, sill
: primo Limine,
at the outer threshold
, Iu.: Ter limen tetigi (an omen),
O.: haec limina, Intra quae puer est,
Iu.—
A door, entrance
: limen exire, T.: intrare: marmoreum, H.: fores in liminibus
aedium ianuae nominantur: templi, Cs.: in
limine portūs,
the very entrance
, V.: Ausoniae,
border
, V.—
A house, dwelling, abode
: contineri limine,
at home
, L.: limine pelli, V.:
deorum Limina,
temples
, V.—
The barrier
(in a race-course): limen relinquunt, V.—Fig.,
a beginning
: belli, Ta.: in
limine victoriae,
on the eve
, Cu.: mortis, Ct.