situated by the sea-side

lĭtus, a, um, Part., from lino.

lĭtus, ūs, m. [lino], a smearing, besmearing, anointing:

litu,

Plin. 33, 6, 35, § 110 (Cels. 6, 6, 20, instead of litum we should read lenitum; v. Targa, ad loc.).

lītus (not littus), ŏris, n. [cf. limnê, leimôn, limên; and lino], the sea-shore, seaside, beach, strand (opp. ripa, the bank of a river: ora, the coast of the sea; cf. Ov. M. 1, 37 sqq.; Verg. A. 3, 75):

litus est, quousque maximus fluctus a mari pervenit,

Dig. 50, 16, 96:

solebat Aquilius quaerentibus, quid esset litus, ita definire: qua fluctus eluderet,

Cic. Top. 7, 32:

quid est tam commune quam... litus ejectis,

id. Rosc. Am. 26, 72:

litus tunditur undā,

Cat. 11, 4:

praetervolare litora,

Hor. Epod. 16, 40:

Circaeae raduntur litora terrae,

Verg. A. 7, 10:

petere,

Ov. M. 2, 844:

intrare,

id. ib. 14, 104:

sinuosum legere,

Val. Fl. 2, 451:

litoris ora,

Verg. A. 3, 396; cf. id. G. 2, 44.—Prov.:

litus arare,

i. e. to labor in vain, take useless pains, Ov. Tr. 5, 4, 48; so,

litus sterili versamus aratro,

Juv. 7, 49: in litus harenas fundere, to pour sand on the sea-shore, i. e. to add to that of which there is already an abundance, Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 44.—

Transf.

A landing-place:

quod uno parvoque litore adiretur,

Suet. Tib. 40.—

The shore of a lake:

Trasimeni litora,

Sil. 15, 818:

Larium litus,

Cat. 35, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 7.—

The bank of a river:

hostias constituit omnes in litore,

Cic. Inv. 2, 31, 97:

viridique in litore conspicitur sus,

Verg. A. 8, 83:

percussa fluctu litora,

id. E. 5, 83.—

Land situated on the sea-side:

cui litus arandum dedimus,

Verg. A. 4, 212:

electione litorum,

Tac. H. 3, 63.

Ōcĕănus, i, m. (rarely Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = Ôkeanos, the great sea that encompasses the land, the ocean:

omnis terra parva quaedam insula est, circumfusa illo mari, quod Atlanticum, quod magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit aethra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.):

Oceani ostium,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207:

Oceani freta,

i. e. the Strait of Gades, Strait of Gibraltar, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

circumvagus,

circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf.

circumfusus,

Rutil. 1, 56:

dissociabilis,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 22:

beluosus,

id. ib. 4, 14, 48:

ruber,

id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is found only in apposition with mare:

quam (insulam) mare Oceanum circumluit,

Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.:

proximus mare Oceanum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.:

se in nostrum et Oceanum mare extendit,

Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.:

mari Oceano,

Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.:

mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis saeptum imperium,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival use of Oceanus, as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4;

Oceanis aquis,

id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; several edd. read in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the first passage, Oceanus, and in the second, Oceani.)—

Personified, as a deity, the son of Cœlus and Terra, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The ancient philosophers regard water as the primary element of all things;

hence: Oceanumque patrem rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 382.—

Transf.

A large bathing-tub (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—

A Roman surname, Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—

Hence, ‡

Ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the ocean, situated by the sea-side, Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—

Ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Ocean:

Clioque et Beroe soror, Oceanitides ambae,

Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.

Ōcĕănus, i, m. (rarely Ōcĕănum, i, n.), = Ôkeanos, the great sea that encompasses the land, the ocean:

omnis terra parva quaedam insula est, circumfusa illo mari, quod Atlanticum, quod magnum, quem Oceanum appellatis in terris,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: Oceanum rubra obruit aethra, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. p. 418 Vahl.):

Oceani ostium,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; cf. id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 207:

Oceani freta,

i. e. the Strait of Gades, Strait of Gibraltar, id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45; cf. id. N. D. 3, 10, 24:

quae sunt maritimae civitates Oceanumque attingunt,

Caes. B. G. 2, 34:

circumvagus,

circumfluent, Hor. Epod. 16, 41; cf.

circumfusus,

Rutil. 1, 56:

dissociabilis,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 22:

beluosus,

id. ib. 4, 14, 48:

ruber,

id. ib. 1, 35, 32.—The form Oceanum, n., is found only in apposition with mare:

quam (insulam) mare Oceanum circumluit,

Tac. H. 4, 12.—In acc.:

proximus mare Oceanum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7, 2; cf.:

se in nostrum et Oceanum mare extendit,

Mel. 2, 6, 2.—In dat.:

mari Oceano,

Amm. 23, 6, 12.—In abl.:

mari Oceano aut amnibus longinquis saeptum imperium,

Tac. A. 1, 9.—(Supposed examples of the adjectival use of Oceanus, as Oceano fluctu and litore, in Juv. 11, 94 and 113 Jan; Oceanas aquas, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 4;

Oceanis aquis,

id. ib. 7, 12, 56, are dub.; several edd. read in Juv., Oceani; and in Ven., in the first passage, Oceanus, and in the second, Oceani.)—

Personified, as a deity, the son of Cœlus and Terra, the husband of Tethys, and the father of the rivers and nymphs, Cic. Univ. 11; id. N. D. 3, 19, 48; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Cat. 88, 6.—The ancient philosophers regard water as the primary element of all things;

hence: Oceanumque patrem rerum,

Verg. G. 4, 382.—

Transf.

A large bathing-tub (postclass.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 25, 5.—

A Roman surname, Mart. 3, 95, 10; 5, 27, 4; 6, 9, 2; Inscr. Murat. 1453.—

Hence, ‡

Ōcĕănensis, e, adj., of or belonging to the ocean, situated by the sea-side, Eckhel. D. N. 8, p. 110.—

Ōcĕănītis, ĭdis, f., a daughter of Ocean:

Clioque et Beroe soror, Oceanitides ambae,

Verg. G. 4, 341; Hyg. Fab. praef.

castrum, i, n. [kindred with casa, q. v.].

In sing., any fortified place; a castle, fort, fortress (more rare than castellum):

ei Grunium dederat in Phrygiā castrum, etc.,

Nep. Alcib. 9, 3; Liv. 32. 29, 4; Dig. 27, 1, 17 fin. —

Esp., nom. propr.

Castrum Altum or Album, in Hispania Tarraconensis, Liv. 24, 41, 3.—

Castrum Inui, or simply Castrum, an ancient city of the Rutuli, near Ardea, Verg. A. 6, 775;

called Castrum,

Ov. M. 15, 727; Sil. 8, 359. —

Castrum Novum, a city on the seacoast of Etruria, Liv. 36, 3, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51.—

Another Castrum Novum, on the sea-coast of Picenum, now Giulia Nova, [p. 299] Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110; also called absol. Castrum, Vell. 1, 14, 8.—

Castrum Truentinum, a maritime city of Picenum, on the river Truentus, Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1;

also called Truentum,

Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.—

Castrum Vergium, a fortress of the Bergistani in Hispania Tarraconensis, now Berga, Liv. 34, 21, 1.—Far more freq.,

In plur.: castra, ōrum, n. ( castra, ae, f.: castra haec vestra est, Att. ap. Non. p. 200, 30; Trag. Rel. p. 238 Rib.).

Lit., several soldiers ' tents situated together; hence, a military camp, an encampment; among the Romans a square (quadrata);

later, after the manner of the Greeks, sometimes circular, or adjusted to its situation,

Veg. Mil. 1, 23. It was surrounded by a trench (fossa) and a wall (vallum), and had four gates: Porta Praetoria, the front, chief gate, on the opp. side from the enemy, from which the legions marched; opp. to this, Porta Decumana (in later times Porta Quaestoria), the back gate;

Porta Principalis Dextra, and Porta Principalis Sinistra, situated on the two sides of the camp,

Liv. 40, 27, 4 sq.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—

Phrases.

With adj.:

stativa,

occupied for a long time, permanent, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 30; 3, 37; Sall. J. 44, 4; Tac. A. 3, 21:

aestiva,

summer camp, id. ib. 1, 16; Suet. Claud. 1:

hiberna,

Liv. 29, 35, 13 (more freq. absol. aestiva and hiberna, q. v.):

navalia,

an encampment on the shore for protecting the fleet and the troops while landing; sometimes connected with the ships drawn to land, Caes. B. G. 5, 22 Herz.; cf. id. ib. 5, 11; Liv. 29, 35, 13;

called also nautica,

Nep. Alcib. 8, 5; id. Hann. 11, 6 (cf. id. ib. § 4; Liv. 44, 39): lunata, crescent-shaped, Auct. B. Afr. 80.—With numerals:

una,

Tac. A. 4, 2:

bina,

Cic. Phil. 12, 11, 27; Liv. 4, 27, 3:

quina,

Caes. B. C. 3, 9.—

With verb:

locum castris antecapere,

Sall. J. 50, 1; cf.:

capere locum castris,

Liv. 4, 27, 3; 9, 17, 15;

and montes castris capere,

Tac. A. 12, 55: castra metari, Cael. ap. Non. p. 137, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3; Hirt. B. G. 8, 15 al.:

facere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48; Nep. Milt. 5, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 12, § 29 al.:

ponere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5; 7, 35; Nep. Hann. 5 fin.:

ponere et munire,

Sall. J. 75, 7:

munire,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Liv. 44, 39, 1:

communire,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49; Liv. 23, 28, 3:

castra castris conferre,

id. 10, 32, 5; 23, 28, 9:

castris se tenere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 8:

castra movere,

to break up, to decamp, id. ib. 1, 39 fin.; also syn. with to march forth from a camp, id. ib. 1, 15 Herz.; 1, 22; 2, 2; Sall. C. 57, 3; Nep. Dat. 8, 4; id. Eum. 12 fin. et saep.—Hence, also, promovere, Caes. B. G. 1, 48:

movere retro,

Liv. 2, 58, 3:

removere,

id. 9, 24, 4:

proferre,

Caes. B. C. 1, 81:

castris castra inferre,

Enn. Trag. 201 Vahl.—

Castra Praetoriana, Praetoria, Urbana or simply Castra, the barracks of the Prœtorians in the suburbs of Rome, Suet. Tib. 37; id. Claud. 21; Tac. A. 4, 2; Suet. Aug. 29; id. Claud. 36; Dig. 48, 5, 15. —

Castrorum filius, a surname of Caligula, who was brought up in the camp, Suet. Calig. 22; Aur. Vict. Caes. 3.—So, Castrorum mater, an appellation of Faustina, the wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, because she accompanied him in an expedition against the Quadi, Capitol. Marc. Aur. 26.—Hence both appell. in later inscriptions as titles of the Roman emperors and empresses. —

Esp. as nom. propr., like castrum.

Castra Corneliana or Cornelia, on the north coast of Africa, near Utica, so called because the elder Scipio Africanus first pitched his camp there, after his landing in Africa, in the second Punic war, Caes. B. C. 2, 24; 2, 25; 2, 37; Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24.—

Castra Caecilia, in Lusitania, Plin. 4, 22, 35, § 117.—

Castra Hannibalis, a seaport town in Bruttium, Plin. 3, 10, 15, § 95.—

Castra Pyrrhi, a place in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 32, 13, 2.—

Castra Vetera or Vetera, a place on the Lower Rhine, now Xanthen, Tac. H. 4, 18; 4, 21; 4, 35; id. A. 1, 45.—

Castra Alexandri, a district in Egypt, Curt. 4, 7, 2; Oros. 1, 2.—

Meton.

Since, in military expeditions, a camp was pitched each evening, in the histt. (esp. Livy) for a day ' s march:

secundis castris ( = bidui itinere) pervenit ad Dium,

Liv. 44, 7, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 15; cf.:

alteris castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 2; Curt. 3, 7.—

So tertiis castris,

Liv. 38, 13, 11; 38, 24, 1; Tac. H. 4, 71:

quartis castris,

Liv. 44, 46, 10:

quintis castris,

Caes. B. G. 7, 36; Liv. 28, 19, 4:

septimis castris,

id. 40, 22, 1:

decimis castris,

id. 27, 32 fin.; 28, 33, 1.—

Military service (hence, often opp. forum and toga), Nep. Epam. 5, 4; Vell. 2, 125, 4; Tib. 4, 1, 39:

qui magnum in castris usum habebant,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39.—

Of beehives:

cerea,

Verg. A. 12, 589:

in apium castris,

Pall. 1, 37, 4.—

Of a sheepfold, Col. 6, 23, 3.—

Of political parties, regarded as arrayed in hostility:

si ad interdicti sententiam confugis... in meis castris praesidiisque versaris,

Cic. Caecin. 29, 83.—

Of philosophical sects:

Epicuri castra,

Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1:

O castra praeclara (Epicuri)!

id. ib. 7, 12, 1; Hor. C. 3, 16, 23; Sen. Ep. 2, 4.