lima

Latin > English

lima limae N F :: file (carpenter's); polishing/revision (of a literary work)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līma: ae, f. etym. unknown,
I a file.
I Lit.: limā proterere aliquid, Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 9: limā aliquid avellere, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 109: limā aliquid polire, id. 28, 9, 41, § 148: topazius limam sentit, id. 37, 8, 32, § 109: confitendum est detrahere doctrinam aliquid, ut limam rudibus, * Quint. 2, 12, 8: vipera limam momordit, Phaedr. 4, 8, 5.—
II Trop., a file, as applied to literary compositions, i. e. polishing, revision (not in Cic.; cf., however, limatus, under limo): defuit et scriptis ultima lima meis, Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30: incipiam limā mordacius uti, Et sub judicium singula verba vocem, id. P. 1, 5, 19: limae labor et mora, Hor. A. P. 291: carmina rasa limā recenti, Mart. 10, 2, 3: in illis limae, in hoc plus videtur fuisse sanguinis, Vell. 2, 9, 2: ad limam consilii desiderium petitoris distulit, App. M. 8, p. 204 fin.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) līma,¹³ æ, f., lime : Pl. Men. 85 ; Plin. 9, 109 ; Quint. 2, 12, 8 || [fig.] travail de la lime, révision, retouche, correction : Hor. P. 291 ; Ov. Tr. 1, 7, 30 ; Vell. 2, 9, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) līma¹, ae, f. (vgl. ahd. slīmen, ›blank schleifen‹), die Feile, limā praeterere alqd, Plaut.: limā lignariā limare alqd, Scrib. Larg.: limā polire alqd, Plin. – bildl., die Feile = künstlerische Ausarbeitung einer Schrift, labor limae, Hor.: limā polire, Quint., persequi, Plin. ep.: extremam limam opperiri, Plin. ep.: lima ultima defuit meis scriptis, Ov.: ut in illis limae, in hoc paene plus videatur fuisse sanguinis, Vell. 2, 9, 3.

Latin > Chinese

lima, ae. f. :: 銼刀。勤修文