(adjective) : līmōsus, a, um, 2. limus
* Full of mud or slime, slimy, miry, muddy: quae (aqua) flumine Nilo fertur, adeo est limosa atque turbida, etc.,Hirt. B. Alex. 5: limosoque palus obducit pascua junco,i. e. growing in muddy places,Verg. E. 1, 49; cf. radix,Plin. 27, 1, 17, § 34: lacus,Verg. A. 2, 135: ripae,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 1: harena,id. Tr. 4, 1, 7.—Plur. absol.: līmōsa, ōrum, n., muddy or miry places, Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.

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