lĭto — Lewis & Short
lĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
I a., to make an offering which exhibits favorable prognostics, to sacrifice under favorable auspices, to obtain favorable omens.
I Lit.
A Neutr.:
si istuc umquam factum est, tum me Juppiter Faciat, ut semper sacrificem nec umquam litem,Plaut. Poen. 2, 41:
nec auspicato, nec litato instruunt aciem,without favorable omens, Liv. 5, 38:
Manlium egregie litasse,id. 8, 9, 1:
non facile litare,id. 27, 23; 29, 10, 6; Suet. Caes. 81;
curt. 7, 7, 29: impia tam saeve gesturus bella litasti,Luc. 7, 171.—Prov.: mola tantum salsa litant, qui non habent tura, i. e. a man can give no more than he has, Plin. praef. § 11.—
(b) With dat.:
cum pluribus dis immolatur, qui tandem evenit, ut litetur aliis, aliis non litetur,Cic. Div. 2, 17, 38:
litatum est ei deo,Plin. 10, 28, 40, § 75.—
(g) With abl.:
proximā hostiā litatur saepe pulcherrime,Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36; so Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 183:
humanis hostiis,Tac. G. 9.—
2 Of the victim itself, to give a favorable omen, promise a successful event:
victima Diti patri caesa litavit,Suet. Oth. 8; id. Aug. 96:
non quacunque manu victima caesa litat,Mart. 10, 73, 6.—
3 Transf., in gen., to make an offering, offer sacrifice:
qui hominem immolaverint, exve ejus sanguine litaverint ... capite puniuntur,Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 16.—
B Act., to offer acceptably (poet. and in post-class. prose):
exta litabat ovis,Prop. 4 (5), 1, 24.
sacra bove,Ov. F. 4, 630:
sacris litatis,Verg. A. 4, 50:
sacris ex more litatis,Ov. M. 14, 156:
Phoebe, tibi enim haec sacra litavi,Stat. Th. 10, 338:
tibi litavi hoc sacrum,Luc. 1, 632:
diis sanguinem humanum,Flor. 3, 4, 2:
hostias,Just. 20, 2, 14.—
II Trop.
A To bring an offering to, to make atonement to, to propitiate, appease, satisfy:
litemus Lentulo, parentemus Cethego,Cic. Fl. 38, 96:
publico gaudio,Plin. Pan. 52, 4: aliquid poenā, Auct. B. Hisp. 24. —Impers. pass.:
sanguine quaerendi reditus, animāque litandum Argolicā,Verg. A. 2, 118:
postquam litatum est Ilio Phoebus redit,Sen. Agm. 577:
de alicujus sanguine legibus,App. M. 2, p. 132 fin.—
B To devote, consecrate: plura non habui, dolor, tibi quae litarem, Sen. Med. fin.:
honorem deo,Tert. Patient. 10:
victimam,Prud. Cath. 7, 5.