limes
noun
a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
limites
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pluralof limes.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Such roads were called limites or “boundary paths,” a name which subsequently was used in the sense of frontiers.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
These limites were protected by small forts manned by auxiliary troops.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
At present Epiontology is divided into geography and palaeontology, "mais cette division trop inegale et a limites bien vagues disparaitra probablement."
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin
As touching the limites and bounds of this kingdom, we may appoint the first towards the West to be a certaine Ile commonly called Hainan, which standeth in 19 degrees of Northerly latitude.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt
Consequently, when in the third century the barbarians broke through the limites they found no forces capable of checking them until they had penetrated deeply into the heart of the provinces.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
