The corpus record — Latin

litus

Part., from lino

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Where it lives

Carmen Saeculare 1 · 32.36/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 30.82/10k
Achilleis 21 · 29.15/10k
Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 3 · 25/10k
Argonautica 88 · 23.67/10k
Pharsalia 109 · 21.4/10k
Aeneid 124 · 19.57/10k
Fescinnina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 18.25/10k
Punica 104 · 13.63/10k
de bello Gildonico 4 · 12.64/10k
Silvae 31 · 12.38/10k
Mosella 4 · 12.3/10k

Densest 12 of 133 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lĭtus — Lewis & Short

lĭtus, a, um,

Part., from lino.

2. lĭtus — Lewis & Short

lĭtus, ūs, m.lino,

I 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.).

3. lītus — Lewis & Short

lītus (not littus), ŏris, n.cf. li/mnh, leimw/n, limh/n; and lino,

I 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.—

II Transf.

A A landing-place: quod uno parvoque litore adiretur, Suet. Tib. 40.—

B The shore of a lake: Trasimeni litora, Sil. 15, 818: Larium litus, Cat. 35, 4; Plin. Ep. 9, 7.—

C 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.—

D Land situated on the sea-side: cui litus arandum dedimus, Verg. A. 4, 212: electione litorum, Tac. H. 3, 63.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. litus (scan p. 388; entry #6128).

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