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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

līmax: ācis, f. (less freq. m.) kindred with 2. limus:
I limax a limo quod ibi vivit, Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail.
I Lit.: implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas, Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113: limaces nascuntur in vicia, id. 18, 17, 44, § 156: lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae, id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.—
II Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

līmāx,¹⁶ ācis, m., f. (limus 2, d’après Varron), limace [mollusque] : Varro L. 7, 64 ; P. Fest. 116, 8 || limaçon, escargot : Plin. 29, 113 ; [injure] Pl. d. Non. 334, 1 || f., courtisane : Pl. d. Varro L. 7, 64.