limbus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) A border, edge
2. (declension-2, masculine) hem, fringe, tassel
3. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, declension-2, masculine) limbo

Concepts

border

edge

coast

brink

edging

girdle

fringe

rim

brim

shore

bank

🏦

rand

band

Synonyms

ora

litus

acta

orarius

costa

clinamen

lacinia

Translations

kust

kustlijn

bordo

riba

ακτή

Strand

🏖️

costa

Küste

côte

παραλία

ribera

🏦

vora

Ufer

costa

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈlɪm.bʊs]

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly:
* from Proto-Indo-European *lemb- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”), the same tentative root as Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and English limp, a nasal-infixed form of *leb-;
* or from Proto-Indo-European *len-, whence Lithuanian linta (“ribbon”) and Old Norse linnr (“whether”).