limit (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. fīnis, mŏdus, termĭnus2. circumscriptio • limit (subs.): 1. fīnis, mŏdus, termĭnus: v. bound (subs.)., boundary. Join: finis et modus, Cic. 2. circumscriptio: Cic. To set l.s to (1). fīnio, 4: to set l.s to the exercise of the passions, cupiditates f., Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 64: also, finire modum alicui rei., id. Leg. 2, 26, 66. (2). termĭno, 1 (less freq.): v. to limit.