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|lshtext=<b>lītus</b>: (not [[littus]]), ŏris, n. cf. [[λίμνη]], [[λειμών]], [[λιμήν]]>; and [[lino]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[landing]]-[[place]]: [[quod]] uno parvoque litore adiretur, Suet. Tib. 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> The [[shore]] of a [[lake]]: Trasimeni litora, Sil. 15, 818: Larium [[litus]], Cat. 35, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Land [[situated]] on the [[sea]]-[[side]]: cui [[litus]] arandum dedimus, Verg. A. 4, 212: electione litorum, Tac. H. 3, 63.<br /><b>lĭtus</b>: a, um, Part., from [[lino]].<br /><b>lĭtus</b>: ūs, m. [[lino]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.).