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                    "description": "lītus | littus (noun N) : (not ), ,  cf. λίμνη, λειμών, λιμήν; and lino\n* 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.\n* Transf.\n* A landing-place: quod uno parvoque litore adiretur,Suet. Tib. 40.\n* The shore of a lake: Trasimeni litora,Sil. 15, 818: Larium litus,Cat. 35, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 7.\n* 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.\n* Land situated on the sea-side: cui litus arandum dedimus,Verg. A. 4, 212: electione litorum,Tac. H. 3, 63."
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                    "description": "lĭtus (noun M) : lino\n* 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.)."
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                    "description": "lĭtus, a, um, Part., from lino."
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