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līmus , i, m. root lib-; Gr. λείβω, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν,
I.slime, mud, mire.
B. Transf.
1. Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—
2. Dirt, mire: “limumque inducere monstrat,Ov. F. 3, 759.—
II. Trop., filth, pollution, etc.: “pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum,Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.116
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.59
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.496
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 5
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 4.2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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