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līmitānĕus, a, um, adj. [limes], that is on the borders (late Lat.): agri limitanei, situated on the borders: milites, frontier troops, Cod. 11, 59, 3; Spart. Nigr. 7; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 58.

līmĭtāris, e, adj. [limes], that is on the border: iter, a path that runs between two fields, Varr. L. L. 5, 4, § 21 Müll.

līmĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [limito], a fixing, determination: limitatio terrae vinealis, Col. 3, 12, 1: limitatione cognita, Vitr. 10, 22.

līmĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [limes], to enclose within boundaries or limits, to bound.

  1. I. Lit.: vineas limitari decumano XVIII. pedum latitudinis, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 169; cf.: limitatus ager est in centurias dimensus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.
  2. II. Trop., to fix, settle, determine: limitata est pecuaria quaestio, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 1.

līmĭtotrŏphus (līmĭtrŏphus), a, um, adj. [limes τροφέω]: agri, lands set apart to furnish subsistence to the troops stationed on the frontiers (limitanei), Cod. 11, 59, 3.