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līnĕa (līnĭa), ae, f. [linum], a linen thread, a string, line.

  1. I. 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).
    1. B. In partic.
      1. 1. 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.
        1. b. Transf., a net, Plin. 9, 43, 67, § 145: si feras lineis et pinna clusas contineas, Sen. Clem. 1, 12, 5.
      2. 2. 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.
      3. 3. 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,
        1. 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.
      4. 4. A region, tract: linea tam rectum mundi ferit illa Leonem, that region lies directly under the lion, Luc. 10, 306.
      5. 5. A bowstring, Ter. Maur. praef. v. 19.
  2. II. 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.
      1. 2. In partic.
          1. (α) A boundary-line which consisted of a narrow path between fields, Hyg. de Limit. p. 151; 152 Goes.
          2. (β) In gen., a way, path: dedit sequendam calle recto lineam, Prud. Cath. 7, 48.
        1. 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.
        2. c. A feature, lineament: adulti venustissimis lineis, Arn. 5, 179 al.
    1. B. Trop.
      1. 1. 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.
      2. 2. 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.
      3. 3. 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.

līnĕāmentum (līnĭā-), i, n. [linea], a line or stroke made with a pen, with chalk, etc., a mark, line.

  1. I. Lit.: in geometria lineamenta formae, etc., lines, Cic. de Or. 1, 41, 187: lineamentum, longitudinem latitudine carentem, id. Ac. 2, 36, 116.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. A feature, lineament: quae conformatio lineamentorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 18, 47: lineamenta hospitae, id. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: lineamenta oris effingere, id. Div. 1, 13, 23: habitum oris lineamentaque intueri, Liv. 21, 4: corporis, id. 26, 41.
      2. 2. In plur., of the works of artists, designs, drawings, delineations: adumbratorum deorum lineamenta, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: operum lineamenta, id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98.
  2. II. Trop., a feature, lineament: animi lineamenta sunt pulchriora quam corporis, Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75: numerus quasi quandam palaestram et extrema lineamenta orationi attulit, id. Or. 56, 186: Catonis lineamentis nihil nisi eorum pigmentorum, quae inventa nondum erant, florem et colorem defuisse, sketches, outlines, id. Brut. 87, 298.

līnĕāris, e (or līnĭāris), adj. [linea], of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear: pictura, the art of drawing with lines, without colors, Plin. 35, 3, 5, § 16: ratio, the science of lines, geometry, Quint. 1, 10, 36: probatio, a proving by means of lines, a mathematical demonstration, id. 1, 10, 49.
Adv.: līnĕārĭter, by lines, Boëth. Inst. Music. 3, 9 init.

līnĭāmentum, v. lineamentum.

‡ lĭnĭātūra, χρίσις (an anointing), Gloss. Philox.

‡ līnĭfer, fĕri, m. [linum-fero].

  1. I. Flaxbearing: arbores, Plin. 13, 14, 28, § 90.
  2. II. A surname of Silvanus, Inscr. ap. Murat. 70. 6.

līnĭfĭārĭus, līnĭfĭo, v. linyphiarius.

līnĭfĭcus, i, m. [linum-facio], a linenweaver, Cod. Th. 8, 16.

līnĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [linum gero], linen-wearing, clothed in linen; of Isis and her priests: turba, Ov. M. 1, 747: neu fuge linigerae Memphitica templa juvencae, id. A. A. 1, 77: grege linigero circumdatus, Juv. 6, 532.

lĭnīmen, ĭnis, n. [lino], grease: pro linimine adhibere, Theod. Prisc. 1, 18.

lĭnīmentum, i, n. [lino], smearing-stuff, liniment: dolii, Pall. 11, 14 fin.: limpidum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 34.

lĭnĭo, īre, v. lino.

līnĭphĭārĭus, ii, v. linyphiarius.

līnĭphĭo, onis, v. linyphio.

lĭnītĭo, ōnis, f. [lino], an anointing, Vulg. Eccl. 38, 34.

1. lĭnītus, a, um, Part., from linio, v. lino.

2. lĭnītus, ūs, m. [linio], a smearing, anointing: potu et linitu, Plin. 20, 12, 47, § 118.

lĭno, lēvi (līvi), lĭtum, 3, and lĭnĭo, īvi, ītum. 4 (contr. form of the inf. perf. lisse for livisse. Spart. Hadr. 4: perf. livi, Cato, R. R. 69; Col. 12, 50, 17: levi, Hor. C. 1, 20, 3: lini for livi, acc. to Prisc. p. 898 P.), v. a. [Sanscr. root li-, to let go, pour; Gr. λιβ-, λείβω; cf. Lat. libo; hence, littera, 2. limus], to daub, besmear, anoint, to spread or rub over.

  1. I. Lit.: cerā Spiramenta, Verg. G. 4, 39: spicula vipereo felle, Ov. P. 1, 2, 18: carmina linenda cedro, Hor. A. P. 331: Sabinum quod ego ipse testa Conditum levi (sc. pice), which I have sealed with pitch, id. C. 1, 20, 3; cf. Liv. 21, 8, 10 Drak. N. cr.: nam quis plura linit victuro dolia musto? Juv. 9, 58: picata opercula diligenter gypso linunt, Col. 12, 16, 5: faciem, Juv. 6, 481: sucis sagittas, Sen. Med. 711: cum relego, scripsisse pudet, qui plurima cerno, Me quoque, qui feci, judice digna lini, that deserve to be rubbed out, erased (because the writing on a tablet was rubbed out with the broad end of the style), Ov. P. 1, 5, 15.
    In the form linio, īre: liquidā pice cum oleo linire, Col. 6, 17; Pall. 4, 10, 29; Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 266: tectoria luto cum liniuntur, Vitr. 7, 3 fin.
      1. 2. To rub over something: linere medicamenta per corpora, Ov. Med. fac. 81.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To overlay, cover: tecta auro, Ov. Med. fac. 7; Mart. 9, 62, 4.
      2. 2. To bedaub, bemire: linit ora luto, Ov. F. 3, 760; Mart. 9, 22, 13.
  2. II. Trop., to befoul: carmine foedo Splendida facta, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 237.

† līnyphus (līnĭf-), i, līnyphĭo (līnĭf-), ōnis, and līnyphĭārĭus (līnĭf-), ĭi, m., = λινόϋφος, λινοϋφής (λι:νυφος, Gloss.), a linen-weaver (post-class.): Scythopolitani linyphi, Cod. Th. 10, 20, 8: alii linyphiones sunt, Hadr. in Ep. ap. Vop. Sat. 8: corpus linyphiariorum, Cod. Th. 10, 20, 16.