different between limbate vs limbus

English

Etymology

From Latin limb?tus, from limbus (“edge, border”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?l?m.be?t/

Adjective

limbate (comparative more limbate, superlative most limbate)

1. (biology, paleontology) Having a distinct edge, especially one of a different colour; bordered.

   Synonyms: bordered, edged

Related terms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• bimetal, timbale

Latin

Adjective

limb?te

1. vocative masculine singular of limb?tus

English

Etymology

From Latin limbus (“edge, border”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mb?s

Noun

limbus (plural limbuses or limbi)

1. (medicine, biology) A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.

Derived terms

• limbal
• limbal ring

Related terms

• limbate

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from *(s)lemb?- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), the same Proto-Indo-European root as

• Sanskrit ?????? (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp
• or Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lim.bus/, [?l?mb?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lim.bus/, [?limbus]

Noun

limbus m (genitive limb?); second declension

1. A border, edge
2. hem, fringe, tassel

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• limb?tus

Descendants

References

• limbus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• limbus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limbus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• limbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• limbus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limbus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• limbus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin