Limentinus
Līmentīnus, i, m. [limen],
- a deity who presided over the threshold, Tert. Idol. 15; id. Cor. Mil. 13; Arn. 1, 15; 4, 132 sq.; Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8; 6, 7.
Līmentīnus, ī, m. (limen), die männl. Schutzgottheit der Schwelle u. des Sturzes, Arnob. 1, 15. Tert. de idol. 15 u.a. Vgl. 2. Lima.
Līmentīnus, ī, m. (limen), dieu qui veillait au seuil des portes : Tert. Idol. 15 ; Arn. 1, 15.
Limenti'nus
the god protecting the threshold (limen) of the house. (Arnob. ad v. Gent. 1.15, 4.9, 11; Tertull. Idol. 15; August. de Civ. Dei, 4.8, 6.7.) Much superstition was connected among the Romans with the threshold, and many persons were very scrupulous in always putting the right foot across it first. (Petron. Sat. 30.) [L.S]