limen

Meaning

1. (declension-3) threshold, doorstep, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)
2. (declension-3) lintel
3. (declension-3) threshold, entrance, doorway, approach; door
4. (declension-3) house, home, abode, dwelling
5. (declension-3) beginning, commencement
6. (declension-3) end, termination

Concepts

sill

threshold

doorway

doorstep

initial

beginning

onset

opening

origin

outset

start

initiation

commencement

inception

incipience

Opposite of

abitus, fīnis

Synonyms

initium

principium

exordium

inceptum

coeptus

initus

Translations

Schwelle

soleira

dorpel

seuil

soglia

limiar

llindar

umbral

début

commencement

Anfang

destpêk

şîpane

aanvang

principio

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈliː.mɛn]

Etymology

Likely related to līmus (“transverse, oblique”), with the suffix -men. See also līmes.