I.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.
līmōsus , a, um, adj. 2. limus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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