Limia

Latin
The Limici lived along the Limia river, whose high course was in the past a shallow lake
View of the river

Etymology

From Gallaecian, from Proto-Celtic *līmo- (“flood; marsh”), from Proto-Indo-European *léymō (“lake”).

Proper noun

Līmia m sg (genitive Līmiae); first declension

  1. A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now called Lima in Portuguese and Limia in Galician

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Līmia
Genitive Līmiae
Dative Līmiae
Accusative Līmiam
Ablative Līmiā
Vocative Līmia
Locative Līmiae

References
  • Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
  • Limia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Limia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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