linea

• línea

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of ligne; related to line.

linea (plural lineas or lineae)

1. (astronomy, geology) Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.

   The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.

2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.

• (unit of length): Spanish line, line (Spanish contexts)

• (unit of length): punto (¹⁄₁₂ linea), dedo (9 lineas), pulgada (12 lineas), coto (54 lineas)

• Alien, laine, elain, anile, Aline, alien, liane, Eilan, Elian, Elina, aline, A-line, Elain, Nelia

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.ne.a/

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• Rhymes: -inea
• Hyphenation: lì‧ne‧a

From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), from līnum (“flax”).

linea f (plural linee, diminutive lineétta or (uncommon) lineìna)

1. line
2. dash (Morse code symbol)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

linea

1. inflection of lineare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• aleni, aneli, liane

• linea (Medieval Latin)

From līneus (“flaxen; flaxen [thing]”), from līnum (“flax”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ne.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.ne.a]

līnea f (genitive līneae); first declension

1. A linen thread.
2. Any line, thread, or string, particularly
   1. The warp and weft during weaving.
   2. A fishing line.
   3. A plumbline.
   4. A bowstring.
   5. (geometry) A geometric line [translating γραμμή (grammḗ)].
   6. A boundary line.
   7. A line of descent, a lineage.
   8. A line of thought; an outline, a sketch.
      • 1756, Johann Matthias Gesner, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

        Primae Lineae Isagoges in Eruditionem Universalem

        Introductions of a First Line into Universal Knowledge

      • 77, Apelles:

        Nulla dies sine linea.

        Pliny the Elder's Natural History

First-declension noun.

līnea

1. inflection of līneus (“flaxen”):
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

līneā

1. ablative feminine singular of līneus

• “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “linea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "linea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “linea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “linea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

• IPA^(key): /liˈnea/ [liˈne.a]
• Rhymes: -ea
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

linea

1. inflection of linear:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈlinea/ [ˈli.ne.a]
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

linea

1. misspelling of línea

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlinea/ [ˌliː.n̪ɛˈa], /ˈlinia/ [ˈliː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈlinia/ [ˈliː.n̪jɐ]
• Rhymes: -inea, -inia
• Syllabification: li‧ne‧a

líneá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜈᜒᜌ)

1. alternative form of linya