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Lewis Short
lĭtūra (noun F) : lino
* A smearing, anointing.
* In gen.: solem etiam et pluviam arcet ejusmodi litura,Col. 4, 24, 6.
* In partic.
* Lit., a rubbing or smearing of the wax on a writing-tablet, in order to erase something written; hence, a blotting out, erasure, correction: unius nominis litura,Cic. Arch. 5, 9.
* Transf.
* Concr., a passage erased, an erasure: videtis extremam partem nominis demersam esse in litura,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: litterae lituraeque omnes assimilatae,id. ib. 2, 2, 77, § 189: carmen multā liturā coërcere,Hor. A. P. 292.
* Trop., an alteration: nec ulla in decretis ejus litura sit,Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 2.
* A wrinkle: cum corpus nulla litura notet,Mart. 7, 18, 2.
* A smearing, anointing.
* In gen.: solem etiam et pluviam arcet ejusmodi litura,Col. 4, 24, 6.
* In partic.
* Lit., a rubbing or smearing of the wax on a writing-tablet, in order to erase something written; hence, a blotting out, erasure, correction: unius nominis litura,Cic. Arch. 5, 9.
* Transf.
* Concr., a passage erased, an erasure: videtis extremam partem nominis demersam esse in litura,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 191: litterae lituraeque omnes assimilatae,id. ib. 2, 2, 77, § 189: carmen multā liturā coërcere,Hor. A. P. 292.
* Trop., an alteration: nec ulla in decretis ejus litura sit,Sen. Vit. Beat. 8, 2.
* A wrinkle: cum corpus nulla litura notet,Mart. 7, 18, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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