I.“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.
