lineus,
a linen thread, string, line, plumb-line
: perpendiculo et lineā uti: ferri suo deorsum
pondere ad lineam,
perpendicularly
: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant,
in horizontal courses
, Cs.: (ignis) rectis lineis subvolat,
vertically.—A line, mark, bound, limit, goal
: extremā lineā Amare haud nil
est, i. e.
to see the loved one at a distance
, T.: cogit nos linea iungi, i. e.
the boundary of the seats
(in the theatre), O.—Fig.: est peccare tamquam transire
lineas,
to pass the mark
: mors ultima linea rerum est, H.
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