līnea (līnia) ae, f lineus, a linen thread, string, line, plumb-line: perpendiculo et lineā uti: ferri suo deorsum pondere ad lineam, perpendicularly: saxa, quae rectis lineis suos ordines servant, in horizontal courses, Cs.: (ignis) rectis lineis subvolat, vertically.

—A line, mark, bound, limit, goal: extremā lineā Amare haud nil est, i. e. to see the loved one at a distance, T.: cogit nos linea iungi, i. e. the boundary of the seats (in the theatre), O.

—Fig.: est peccare tamquam transire lineas, to pass the mark: mors ultima linea rerum est, H.