I.slime, mud, mire.
I. Lit.: “atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex,” Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16: “frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo,” Liv. 2, 5: “profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt,” id. 31, 27: “amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo,” Verg. G. 1, 116: “amnes Felicem trahunt limum,” id. ib. 2, 188: “limo Turbata aqua,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 59: “veteri craterae limus adhaesit,” id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—
B. Transf.
1. Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—
2. Dirt, mire: “limumque inducere monstrat,” Ov. F. 3, 759.—