I.of mud or clay.
I. Lit.: “defingit Rheni luteum caput,” Hor. S. 1, 10, 37: “opus,” of a swallow's nest, Ov. F. 1, 157: “aedificium,” Plin. 7, 56, 57. § “194: toreuma,” Mart. 4, 46, 16: “homo,” i. e. Adam, Prud. Cath. 3, 41.—
B. Transf.
II. Trop., dirty, vile, worthless: “blitea et lutea meretrix,” Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 1: “homo,” Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 35: “negotium,” a sorry commodity, poor affair, id. ib. 2, 4, 14, § 32.