noun

līmus

gen. līmi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

root lib-; Gr. λείβω, to pour; cf. Lat. lino; Gr. λίμνη, λιμήν

slime, mud, mire

slime, mud, mire.

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Lit.: atque omnis mundi quasi limus in imum Confluxit gravis et subsedit funditus ut faex, Lucr. 5, 496: luta et limum aggerebant, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 212, 16: frumenti acervos sedisse illitos limo, Liv. 2, 5: profundo limo cum ipsis equis hausti sunt, id. 31, 27: amnis abundans Exit et obducto late tenet omnia limo, Verg. G. 1, 116: amnes Felicem trahunt limum, id. ib. 2, 188: limo Turbata aqua, Hor. S. 1, 1, 59: veteri craterae limus adhaesit, id. ib. 2, 4, 80.—

by extension

Excrement in the intestines

Excrement in the intestines, Pall. 3, 31.—

Dirt, mire •

Dirt, mire: limumque inducere monstrat, Ov. F. 3, 759.—

filth, pollution figuratively •

Trop., filth, pollution, etc.: pectora sic mihi sunt limo vitiata malorum, Ov. P. 4, 2, 17.

Perseus ID: n26669 Key: limus2