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to pour sand on the sea-shore

  • 1 litus

    1.
    lĭtus, a, um, Part., from lino.
    2.
    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.).
    3.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A landing-place:

    quod uno parvoque litore adiretur,

    Suet. Tib. 40.—
    B.
    The shore of a lake:

    Trasimeni litora,

    Sil. 15, 818:

    Larium litus,

    Cat. 35, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 7.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    Land situated on the sea-side:

    cui litus arandum dedimus,

    Verg. A. 4, 212:

    electione litorum,

    Tac. H. 3, 63.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > litus

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