limax

līmax, ācis, f. (less freq. m.) [kindred with 2. limus:

limax a limo quod ibi vivit,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 64 Müll.; cf.: limaces cochleae a limo appellatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.], a slug, snail.

I.

Lit.:

implicitus conchae limax, Col. poët. 10, 323: limacis inter duas orbitas,

Plin. 29, 6, 36, § 113:

limaces nascuntur in vicia,

id. 18, 17, 44, § 156:

lactucis innascuntur limaces et cochleae,

id. 19, 10, 57, § 177.—

II.

Transf.: limaces lividae, of courtesans, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. l. l.; so perh. limaces viri, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 4, 274.