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|lshtext=<b>līnĕa</b>: (līnĭa), ae, f. [[linum]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[linen]] [[thread]], a [[string]], [[line]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: nectere lineas, restes, funes, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6: linia longinqua per os religata, Plin. 9, 17, 26, § 59: ligato pede longā lineā [[gallina]] custoditur, Col. 8, 11, 15: [[linea]] margaritarum [[triginta]] [[quinque]], Dig. 35, 2, 26; cf.: lineae duae ex margaritis, ib. 34, 2, 40; and ib. 9, 2, 27 fin.: [[linea]] [[dives]] (of the strings of pearls [[which]] were thrown [[among]] the [[people]] at the [[public]] games), Mart. 8, 78, 7 (cf. Suet. Ner. 11).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[net]], the threads [[which]] form the meshes: licia [[difficile]] cernuntur: [[atque]] ut in plagis lineae offensae, praecipitant in [[sinum]] (of spiders' webs), Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 82.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., a [[net]], Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145: si feras lineis et [[pinna]] clusas contineas, Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[fishing]]-[[line]]: tremulāve captum lineā trahit piscem, Mart. 3, 58, 27; 10, 30, 18.—Hence, prov.: mittere lineam, to [[cast]] a [[line]], to [[fish]] for, [[try]] to [[catch]] a [[person]], Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A plumbline of masons and carpenters: perpendiculo et lineā uti, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 1; cf.: ad regulam et lineam, Vitr. 7, 3; 5, 3; Pall. 3, 9.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Ad lineam and rectā lineā, in a [[straight]] [[line]], vertically, perpendicularly: solida corpora ferri suo [[deorsum]] pondere ad lineam, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 18; Plin. 19, 8, 42, § 147; of the layers of [[stone]] in a [[wall]]: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines [[servant]], Caes. B. G. 7, 23: ([[ignis]]) rectis lineis in caelestem locum subvolat, Cic. Tusc. 1, 17, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[region]], [[tract]]: [[linea]] tam rectum mundi ferit [[illa]] Leonem, [[that]] [[region]] lies [[directly]] under the [[lion]], Luc. 10, 306.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[bowstring]], Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[thread]]-[[like]] [[stroke]] or [[mark]] made [[with]] a [[pen]], pencil, etc., a [[line]]: Apelli fuit perpetua [[consuetudo]], [[numquam]] tam occupatam diem agendi, ut non, lineam ducendo, exerceret artem, [[quod]] ab eo in [[proverbium]] venit ([[namely]], the [[proverb]]: nulla [[dies]] [[sine]] [[linea]]), Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 84: lineam cinere ducere, id. 18, 33, 76, § 327: candida per [[medium]] [[folium]] transcurrens, id. 27, 11, 77, § 102: [[serra]] in praetenui [[linea]] premente harenas (of sawing [[marble]]), id. 36, 6, 9, § 51: nec congruebant ad horas ejus lineae (of the [[sundial]]), id. 7, 60, 60, § 214; Pers. 3, 4.—In [[geometry]], a [[line]]: [[linea]] a nostris dicitur, [[quam]] γραμμὴν [[Graeci]] nominant. Eam M. [[Varro]] ita definit: Linea est, inquit, [[longitudo]] quaedam [[sine]] latitudine et altitudine, Gell. 1, 20, 7: locorum extremae lineae, Quint. 1, 10, 39: lineae, quae emittuntur ex centro, Plin. 2, 65, 65, § 165; 2, 16, 13, § 64: [[linea]] circumcurrens, a [[circular]] [[line]], [[circle]], Quint. 1, 10, 41.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[boundary]]-[[line]] [[which]] consisted of a [[narrow]] [[path]] [[between]] fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., a [[way]], [[path]]: dedit sequendam calle [[recto]] lineam, Prud. Cath. 7, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> A [[barrier]] or [[line]] in the [[theatre]], by [[which]] the seats were separated from [[each]] [[other]]: [[quid]] [[frustra]] refugis? cogit nos [[linea]] jungi, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 19; id. A. A. 1, 139: lineas poscere, Quint. 11, 3, 133.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> A [[feature]], lineament: adulti venustissimis lineis, Arn. 5, 179 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[line]] of [[descent]] or [[kindred]], [[lineage]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): στέμματα cognationum [[directo]] limite in duas lineas separantur, quarum altera est [[superior]], altera [[inferior]], Dig. 38, 10, 9: clara gentis Linea, Stat. S. 3, 3, 43: [[primo]] gradu superioris [[linea]] continentur [[pater]], [[mater]], Paul. Sent. 4, 11, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[outline]], [[sketch]], [[design]] (a [[fig]]. borrowed from [[painting]]): [[quidam]] materias latius dicendo prosequebantur ... alii, cum [[primas]] [[modo]] lineas duxissent, Quint. 2, 6, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 120: ea quae in Platonis oratione demiramur, non aemulari [[quidem]], sed lineas umbrasque facere ausi sumus, Gell. 17, 20, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[boundary]]-[[line]], [[bound]], [[limit]], [[end]], [[goal]]: cum poëtae transilire lineas [[impune]] possint, Varr. L. L. 9, § 5 Müll.; Cassiod. Var. 3, 50: si [[quidem]] est peccare [[tamquam]] transire lineas, to go [[beyond]] the [[mark]], [[pass]] the prescribed limits, Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20: [[mors]] ultima [[linea]] rerum est, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 79: admoveri lineas [[sentio]], Sen. Ep. 49.—Hence, prov.: [[amare]] extremā lineā, to [[love]] at a [[distance]], i. e. to see the [[beloved]] [[object]] [[only]] at a [[distance]], not be [[able]] to [[speak]] to her, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 12.