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lītus (not littus ), ŏris, n. cf. λίμνη, λειμών, λιμήν; 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.—
D. Land situated on the sea-side: “cui litus arandum dedimus,Verg. A. 4, 212: “electione litorum,Tac. H. 3, 63.
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    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 26.72
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.37
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.844
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.75
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.10
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    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.44
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.63
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 40
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.7
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.451
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.4
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.6
    • Cicero, Topica, 7.32
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 2.31
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