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Message:: [QUOTE="Gavin Richardson, post: 3184233, member: 83956"]A note about pronunciation that Doug addresses in that Forum post. "Limes" looks like it would be pronounced like the citrus fruit "lemons and limes." But in Latin it would be pronounced something like "LEE-maze," which originally meant a pathway, particularly one that formed a boundary between two properties. Eventually this association led to its most common definition as a geographical boundary, like the boundary limits of a country or region. Indeed, the PDE word "limit" comes from "limes." The idea is that a "limes denarius" is a coin struck in the outer limits of a region, perhaps out of necessity due to the outer limits being far from a central organizing political body or mint authority. I'm not sure how the word is pronounced in classical numismatic circles, but I suspect that "LEE-maze" is the preferred (Latin) pronunciation. I think Doug offers "lim-ace" as the pronunciation.[/QUOTE]