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L (1962 entries)

lĭcĭtātĭo an offering of a price, a bidding lĭcĭtātor lĭcĭtē advv lĭcĭtor v. dep. to offer a price, to bid; to contend, fight lĭcĭtus līcium the thrum; leash; A thread of the web; A thread; A small girdle lictor a lictor; an attendant granted to a magistrate, as a sign of official dignity; … lictōrĭus adj. belonging to a lictor Lĭcus a river in Vindelicia, a tributary of the Danube; Lech lĭēn the milt; spleen lĭēnĭcus adj. splenetic.—Subst; splenetic persons; remedies for spleen lĭēnōsus adj. splenetic; subst līentĕrĭcus adj. troubled with looseness; diarrhœa, lienteric lĭgāmen a band, tie, bandage lĭgāmentum a band, tie, bandage Lĭgārĭus name of a Roman; whom Cicero defended in an oration still extant; adj., of; bel… lĭgātĭo a binding lĭgātūra a band, ligature; an amulet; A bunch, cluster; a twisting; twining Lĭgauni a people of Lĭgdus a Cretan, the husband of Telethusa, and father of Iphis, who, on the day of her… Lĭgēa A wood-nymph, dryad; An island opposite the Bruttian town Tempsa Lĭgella the name of a woman Lĭger a river forming the boundary between; Loire; adj., of; belonging to the Liger, … Ligii a Germanic people on the Weser lignārĭus adj. belonging to wood, wood-; Subst; A worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner; a place… lignātĭo a felling; procuring of wood; a place where wood is cut, a place for procuring … lignātor a wood-cutter, one sent to get wood lignĕŏlus adj. dim; wooden lignĕus adj. of wood, wooden; Like wood, woody; Like dry wood, dry lignĭcīda one who cuts; hews wood lignĭfer one who carries wood; a tree lignor v. dep. to fetch; procure wood, to collect wood lignōsus adj. like wood, woody; Stony, having a large stone; kernel lignum wood; firewood; to perform useless labor; to carry coals to Newcastle; timber, … lignўizōn an Indian carbuncle of faint brilliancy and a brownish color lĭgo v. a. to tie, bind, bind together; bind up, bandage, bind fast; to wind round, to sur… lĭgo a mattock, grub-axe, hoe lĭgŭla a little tongue;; A tongue of land; The tongue of a shoe, a shoe-strap, shoe-la… Lĭgŭres the Ligurians, an Italian people in; Piedmont, Genoa; Lucca; adj. comm., Liguri… lĭgūrĭo v. a. and n. impers; to lick; Neutr., to be dainty, fond of good things; Act., to lick; to l… lĭgūrītio a fondness for dainties, daintiness lĭgūrītor One fond of dainties, an epicure, gourmand; in lemm lĭgūrĭus a kind of precious stone lĭgūrĭus a gem Lĭgurra the name of a woman Lĭgus lĭgustrum a plant, privet; A plant; which; was held by some to be the Lĭlaea a town of Phocis, situated at the sources of the Cephisus; Paleokastro līlĭācĕus adj. from lilies; in lemm līlĭētum a bed of lilies līlĭnus adj., made from lilies līlĭum a lily; a reddish kind of lily; a sort of defence, consisting of several rows o… Lĭlўbaeum a promontory on the southern coast of Sicily, with a town of the same name; Cap… līma a file; polishing, revision līmācĕus adj. of mud, slime; earth Limaeas a river of; Lima līmārĭus adj. belonging to slime līmātē adv. līmātĭo a diminishing līmātor a filer līmātŭlus adj. dim; somewhat filed; polished līmātūra file-dust, filings līmātus P. a. līmax a slug, snail limbātus adj. edged, bordered limbŏlārĭus a maker of edgings; fringes; a fringe-maker limbus a border; a hem, welt, edge, selvage, fringe; a belt, band, girdle; with a gird… līmen a threshold; the head-piece; foot-piece; the lintel; the sill; to greet in pass… lĭmĕnarcha a commander on the frontier; a harbor-master, port-warden Līmentīnus a deity who presided over the threshold līmĕs a cross-path, balk; A boundary, limit; A fortified boundaryline, a boundary-wal… limĕum a kind of herb, with the poisonous juice of which the Gauls anointed their arro… Limia Limici plur., a people of līmĭcŏla a dweller in the mud līmĭgĕnus adj. produced in mud; slime, mud-born līmĭnāris adj. belonging to a threshold; lintel lĭmĭnĭum līmis līmitānĕus adj. that is on the borders; situated on the borders; frontier troops līmĭtāris adj. that is on the border līmĭtātĭo a fixing, determination līmĭto v. a. to enclose within boundaries; limits, to bound; to fix, settle, determine līmĭtotrŏphus adj. lands set apart to furnish subsistence to the troops stationed on the frontiers limma Limnaea a town of Thessaly; Kortikhi Limnātis a surname of Diana limnē a lake limnestis a plant, called also limnĭcē the pond-lily, sword-lily līmō adv. līmo v. a. to file; To file off; To rub, whet; to file, polish, finish; To investigate acc… līmo v. a. to bemire, besmirch; the Meadow; A Roman surname līmŏcinctus a kind of public attendant on magistrates līmŏdōron a plant Līmōnē daughter of Hippomenes līmōnĭa A plant, called also; A kind of anemone Līmōnĭădes the nymphs of the meadows and flowers līmōnĭātis a precious stone of a green color; the emerald līmōnĭon the wild beet