litus

Latin

Alternative forms

• littus

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *ley- (“to flow”). Perhaps the same source as the name of Lithuania.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.tus/, [ˈlʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.tus/, [ˈliːt̪us]

Noun

lītus n (genitive lītoris); third declension

1. beach, shore

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lītus	lītora
Genitive	lītoris	lītorum
Dative	lītorī	lītoribus
Accusative	lītus	lītora
Ablative	lītore	lītoribus
Vocative	lītus	lītora

Derived terms

• litoreus

Descendants

• English: litoral, littoral (via littoralis)
• French: littoral (via littoralis)
• Italian: lido
• Spanish: litoral (via littoralis)
• Portuguese: litoral (via littoralis)

See also

• acta

References

• “litus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “litus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• litus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• litus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be stranded: in litus eici (B. G. 5. 10)
    
  • to land (of people): appellere navem (ad terram, litus)
    
  • to keep the coast and harbours in a state of blockade: litora ac portus custodia clausos tenere