border (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Edge1. limbus (of dress)2. margo, ĭnis, m. and f.3. ōraII. A side bed in a gardenIII. Boundary • border (subs.): I. Edge: 1. limbus (of dress): a cloak with an embroidered b., picto chlamys l., Virg.: Ov. 2. margo, ĭnis, m. and f.: the b. of a fountain, m. fontis, Ov. 3. ōra: the b. of a shield, o. clipei, Virg.: v. edge, rim. II. A side bed in a garden: (?) area maceriae semitaeve adjacens: v. bed. III. Boundary: fīnis, is, m., rarely f.: to have a farm on the b.s, finem sub utrumque [eorum] arare, Hor.: there was neither river nor mountain to mark their b.s, neque flumen neque mons erat qui f. eorum discerneret, Sall.: v. boundary. Phr.: the b.s (i. e. the districts situated near the boundaries), agri limitanei, Cod. Theod.
border (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.I. To b. on1. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 32. attingo, 33. contingo, 34. circumjăcĕo, 2 (with dat.)II. To resemble closelyB. Trans. • border (v.): A. Intrans.: I. To b. on: i. e. to adjoin, have a common boundary with: 1. tango, tĕtĭgi, tactum, 3: the farms b. on the Tiber, fundi Tiberim t., Cic.: Caes. 2. attingo, 3: the district b.'d on Cilicia, regio Ciliciam attingebat, Cic.: the Nervii b.'d upon their territories, eorum fines Nervii attingebant, Caes. 3. contingo, 3: they border upon the territories of the Arverni, fines Arvernorum contingunt, Caes.: Liv. 4. circumjăcĕo, 2 (with dat.): the Chersonesus and the parts which b. on Europe, Chersonesus quaeque c. Europae, Liv.: v. to adjoin, be adjacent. II. To resemble closely: finitimum, confinem esse: the false b.s so closely on the true, ita finitima falsa sunt veris, Cic.: the poet b.s on the orator, poeta oratori finitimus est, Cic. B. Trans.: praetexo, texui, textum, 3: bright purple often b.s your dress, purpura saepe tuos fulgens p. amictus, Ov.: the Mincius b.s its banks with reeds, p. arundine ripas Mincius, Virg.: both nations are b.'d by the Rhine, utraeque nationes Rheno praetexuntur, Tac. Phr.: a gold edge b.'d the cloak, chlamydem limbus obibat aureus, Ov.: v. to edge, to bind.
BORDER Copy link • BORDER 1. s. margo (scuti, libri, etc.): ora (broader than margo): labrum (of a ditch, for instance), limbus (on a garment). Boundary, finis, confinium. Borders, fines (also for the land itself). To dwell upon the borders of two lands, finem sub utrumque habitare. Soldiers stationed on the borders, limitanei milites. 2. v. a., marginare; cingere, circumdare, coercere aliqua re. A bordered garment, vestis limbata, segmentata. To border upon (of people), finitimum, vicinum, confinem esse alicui. Of lands, adjacere, imminere alicui terrae; tangere, attingere, contingere terram. Bordering, finitimus, vicinus, confinis; subjectus or conjunctus alicui loco. To border together, se invicem contingere. Falsehoods border on truth, falsa veris finitima sunt.