Limes (Plural form: Limites) is the name of a fortification at the border of the Roman empire. There were many such fortifications. The Latin word has a number of meanings, but the most common one is border. Therefore it was used by Roman writers to describe paths, walls, boundary stones, rivers marking a boundary, et cetera.
Some "limites".
A medieval "limes" is the "Limes Saxoniae" in Holstein
Part of speech
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limes, verb, present, 3rd person singular of lime (infinitive).
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