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LIT 
with letters, lettered. Plaut. Litterata 
urna. Apul. Lacinice auro litterata;, 
h. e. anreis litteris intextie. — Hence, 
branded. Plant. Si hie litteratus (sc. 
servus) me siuat. -IT Also, skilled 
in writing; a writer, amanuensis. Cic. 
Commentatum in qnadam testurline 
cam servis litteratis fuisse. — Also, able 
to read. Cic. N. D. 3. 9.-If Also, 
learned, erudite , especially in philology 
and grammar, naraiScvpevos. Cic. Ca- 
nius nec infacetus, et satis litteratus. 
Sense. Quibus nec litteratior fit quis- 
quam, nec melior. Cic. Frater tuus, 
quern litteratissiinum fuisse judico, fa¬ 
cile diceret, hie versus Plauti non est, 
h. e. a great philologist. Ncpos. Pueri 
litteratissimi, very scientifically educated. 
_In particular, grammarians and critics 
were called litterati. Sucton. -IT Also, 
relating to learning, devoted to learning, 
literary. Cic. Quid est enim dulcius 
otio litterato ? 
LITTERIS (Id.), onis, m. a smattercr in 
3 letters, sciolite, grammaticaster. Am- 
mian. 
LITTERoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. an old 
3 form, synonymous with Litteratus. 
Cass. Hem. ap. Non. 
LITTEROLX (dimin. from littera), ffi, f. 
a small (alphabetical) letter, ypappanor. 
Cic. Accepi tuam epistolam vacillanti- 
bus litterulis. - IT Plur. Litterulre, 
a short letter or epistle. Cic. — Also, 
learning, studies, literary or philological 
knowledge, when one speaks disparag¬ 
ingly or modestly. Cic. and Horat. 
LTTTOS, and its derivatives LITTORa- 
LIS, &c. See Litus, Litoralis, &c. 
LITuRa (litum, supine of lino), x, f. a 
smearing, anointing, aXenpis Colicm. 
Pluvias arcet ejusmodi litura. — Com¬ 
monly, the drawing or smearing of the 
wax of a writing-tablet over a letter or 
word, in order to efface it; the rubbing out 
of a letter or word ; a rasure, 
Cic. Et unius nominis litura se commo- 
tum esse dixerit. Horat. Carmen mul- 
ta litura coercuit, erasure, correction. 
-IT Hence, tigur. change, alteration. 
Senec. -IT Also, the part or passage 
which is thus smeared over, or, as we say, 
stricken out; the letter, word,place erased. 
Cic. Nomen esse in litura, h. c. written 
where something had been before written 
and erased. - IT Also, the spot, blot, 
blur, strealc, which one makes in wri¬ 
ting ; by one’s tears, for instance, which, 
by obscuring the impression, make the 
writing illegible. Ovid, and Propert. 
— Figur. any blur, blot, streak; as, a 
wrinkle. Martial. 
1 ‘ITuRaRIOS (litura), a, um, adj. Auson. 
3 Liturarii (sc. libri, or codicilli) mei, 
tablets, copy-books, where one writes 
down his lines, and occasionally erases 
such as do not please him. 
LITuRGOS (Xeirovpyos), i, m. one who 
3 discharges some public duty; a public offi¬ 
cer, servant of the state. Cod. Theod. 
I.ITuRS (litura), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 blot out, erase. Sidon. 
LITCS (unc.), oris, n. the seashore, sea¬ 
side, strand, aiyiaXos, d/cry. Cic. Sole- 
bat Aquilius qmerentibus, quid esset 
litus, ita definire, qua fluctus alluderet. 
Id. Litus commune ejectis (thewrecked). 
— Proverbially, Ovid. Litus arare, to 
plough the sea-shore (to the same amount 
as our preach to the winds). Id. In litus 
arenas fundere, h. e. to carry coals to 
Newcastle. — Figur. Cic. Metellus non 
homo, sed litus, atque aer, et solitudo 
mera, h. e. (as it seems) having nothing 
orenial about him; as the shore, air and 
deserts are barren and bare. — More 
widely, land lying near the sea, sea-coast. 
Virg. Cui litus arandum. Also, Tacit. 
De electione litorum loqui, li. e. retreats 
upon the coast. -If Also, the shore or 
strand of a lake. Ovid. Trasimena li- 
tora. Catull. Litus Larium, h. e. of 
lake Larius. -IT Ripa properly signi¬ 
fies the bank of a river; and is directly 
opposed to litus by Ovid. Flumina cam- 
po recepta liberioris aquas, pro ripis li- 
tora pulsant. — Yet litus is found in 
Virg. for the bank of a river; and ripa 
in Horat. for the shore of the sea. - 
IT Some write littus. 
b^TTCS. a, um, particip. from lino. 
LEV 
LITDS (lino), us, m. an anointing, unc- 
2 lion, smearing. Plin. 
LITOCS (unc.), i, m. a wind instrument, 
a little ben t at the top, used in war ; a sort 
of cornet. Cic., Virg., Horat. and 
Ovid. - IT From the resemblance 
(unless, indeed, this is the primitive 
use), a staff a little bent at the top, used 
by the aumirs; an augur’s staff or crook. 
Cic. and "Liv. -IT Hence (borrowed 
from the use of a trumpet), a setting or 
urring on to fight, inciting, stimulating, 
instigation. Cic. Att. 2, 12. He lituis 
fiowrciSos, de signifero Athenione. — 
And, of men, the author, instigator. 
Cie. Lituum profectionis me® fuisse. 
LIVEDO (liveo), Inis, f. lividness, thepur- 
3 pie or black and blue color which is left 
on the body by blows, &c. Apul. 
LIVENS, entis. See Liveo. 
LIVeNTER (livens), adv. lividly, with a 
3 leaden color. Paulin. Pctroc. 
LIVES (unc.), es, n. 2 to be of a lead color, 
be bluish, black and blue, livid, ueXidvdo- 
uai. Ovid. Livent rubigine dentes. 
(See Livens, below.) — Particularly, of 
marks on the body caused by blows, 
bruises, pinching, &c. Propert. and 
Ovid. -IT Hence, figur. to be envious, 
because envy makes those who feel^ it 
pale, wan and livid. Martial. Livet Ca- 
rinus, rumpitur, furit, plorat, is lean or 
livid with envy. Stat. Liveat aspera Ju¬ 
no. _ With a dative, to envy, repine at 
the prosperity of. Tacit, and Martial. 
-IT Livens, tis, partic. and adj. leaden- 
colored, bluish , black and blue, livid. Virg. 
plumbum. Ovid. Pruna nigro liventia 
succo. Stat. Liventes in morte. oculi, 
glazed. Ovid. Compedibus liventia 
crura. — Also, envious. Martial. 
LIVESC8 (liveo), is, n. 3. to become of a 
3 leaden color, to become black and blue, 
livid, 7 Te'XiSvbopai. Lucret. Digiti li- 
vescunt in pedibus. --*T Figur. to be¬ 
come envious. Claudian. 
LIVIaNCS, a, um, adj. pertainingto Lim¬ 
ns or Livia, Livian. Lie. exercitus, h. e. 
commanded by Livius. Plin. tes, and 
charta, h. e. named from Livia, wife of 
Augustus. 
LI VIDE (lividus), adv. with a leaden color, 
2 somewhat obscurely. Plin. Carbunculi 
languidius et lividius lucent. 
LTVIDINaNS (Id.), tis, particip. or adj. 
3 wan with envy, envious. Petron. (Alii 
leg. libidinantium, alii litigantium.) 
LIVID5 (Id.), as, a. 1. to make livid, wan, 
3 crhastly. Paul. JVolan. 
LiVIDOLOS (dimin. from lividus), a,um, 
3 adj. somewhat envious and spiteful. Juve 
nal,. 
LTVIDOS (liveo), a, um, adject, of a 
leaden color, bluish, blue, tcs\i$v6s. Ho¬ 
rat. racemi, blue clusters of grapes. 
Virg. Yada livida verrunt, the leaden- 
colored waters (of the Styx). Catull. 
Lividissima vorago paludis. Horat. 
dens, h. e. dark yellow. — In particular, 
black and blue, livid, from a bruise, blow 
or hard pressure, which forces the blood 
from the vessels, and sends it under 
the skin. Horat. and Ovid. -U Fig¬ 
ur. on account of the blue or livid color 
which belongs to envy, envious, malig¬ 
nant, grudging ; or, openly, manifestly 
envious (in which it seems to differ from 
invidus, from which it is distinguished 
by Cic. though the distinction does not 
always hold good). Martial. Omnibus 
invideas, livide, nemo tibi. Cic. Et 
invidi, et malevoli, et lividi. Ovid. 
lingua, malignant, calumnious. Horat. 
Lividus et mordax videor tibi Id. Non 
tuos patiar labores carpere lividas ob- 
liviones, envious oblivion, h. e. malicious 
withholding of merited praise, and, as it 
were, forgetfulness of merit. Senec. Li- 
vidiorem sententiam dixit. 
LIVIOS, a, um, adj. Livian, of or pertain¬ 
ing to Livius or Livia. Cic. leges, h. c. 
of M. Livius Drusus, the tribune. Co- 
lum,. arbos, h. e. Liviana ficus. 
If Subst. Livius, a man of the Livian 
gens; Livia, a woman of the same. 
Among the most noted of this name are 
T. Livius Patavinus (h. e. of Padua, the 
Paduan/, the author of a history of 
Rome from the foundation of the city 
to the time in which he lived (under 
Augustus and Tiberius): L. Livius An- 
498 
LOC 
dronicus, the dramatist; Livia, the see 
ond wife of the emperor Augustus. 
LIVOR (liveo), oris, m. leadenness of com* 
2 plexion, a bluish color. Juvenal. Uva 
livorem ducit ab uva. — Hence, blueness 
or lividness, or a blue or livid spot, espe¬ 
cially when caused by violence, as by 
blows, bruises, pressure, &c. Colum. 
Oliva contusione livorem contrahit. 
Ovid. Sed niger in vacc® pectore livor 
erat. Id. Livor impresso ere, h. c. a spot 
caused by a kiss ; a red spot. Sueton. Li- 
vores toto corpore erant, blue spots, the 
effect of poison.-It Hence, on ac¬ 
count of the leaden or blue (or, at least, 
changeable) complexion of the envious, 
envy, malignity, spite, malice, ill-will, 
especially as exhibited outwardly. D. 
Brat, ad Cic. Summa malevolentia et 
livore impediuntur. Phccdr. Si livor ob- 
trectare curam voluerit. Ovid. Pasci- 
tur in vivis livor: post fata quiescit. 
Tacit. Obtrectatio et livor pronis auri- 
bus accipiuntur. Propert. Livor cupi- 
dus, envy which wishes ill to others. 
LIX. Varr. ap. Plin. est cinis foci, h. c. 
3 ashes: ap. Non. est cinis, vel humor ci- 
neri admixtus, ashes or lie, which seems 
better. 
LIXX (according to Non. fromlixa, which 
once signified water), ®, m. a sutler, 
victualer in a camp, ayopaios. Liv. — 
Justin. 38, 10. enumerates, among the 
lixa;, the coqui, pistores, sccnici; so that 
it might be rendered baggage-men, wait¬ 
ers, retainers. Also, Sallust. Jug. 44. 
Lixa permixti cum militibus.-Tif Al¬ 
so, an attendant upon a magistrate. 
Apul. 
LIXIVIOS (lix), a, um, adj. Plin. Cinis 
2 lixivius; nr Colum. Cinis lixivia; arid. 
Lixivia (absol.); or Pallad. Lixivium 
(absol.), li. e. lie. 
LIXIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. Seribon. 
2 Larg. Cinis lixiva ; or Pallad. and Co¬ 
lum. Lixivum (absol.), h. e. lie. Cato. 
mustum, h. e. must which flows spontane¬ 
ously from grapes before they are pressed. 
LTXOLJE, arum, f. in the Sabine tongue, 
3 circular cakes of meal, cheese, aiul water. 
Varr. 
LOBA, as, f. the stalk or stem of Indian 
millet. Plin. — In Apul. Canna quas 
Graeci lobas appellant. 
LOCaLIS (locus), e, adj. of or pertaining 
3 to a place, local, tottik <S?. Tertull. Esse 
aliquam localem determinationem, h. e. 
loci. Id. clades, li. e. locorum. Tertull 
opposes locale to universale. Charts. 
Localia adverbia, of place. 
LOCaLITaS (localis), atis, f. localness, 
3 locality, h. e. the being in a certain place 
Claud. Mam. . 
LOCaLITER (Id.), adv. locally, m tieway 
3 of the place ; as the manner of the place is. 
Tert.ull. and Ammian. 1. 19, c. 12. 
LOC aRiOS (locus), a,um,adj. eoncennng 
3 or having to do with letting out any thing. 
— Hence, subst. Locarius, ii, m. one who 
lets out any thing, for instance, P 1 sc¬ 
at the public shows. — Ami, L ■ 
rium, ii, n. rent, of a stable or tat 
Varro. . 
LOCaTIO (loco), onis, f. «pK r . ( 2' 
ing, arranging, disposition. H 1 ' 
verborum. — IT Also, a letting out, 
leasing, bargaining .for any thin 
done, iKploSoxns. Cic. an " u • , 
LSCaTITIOS (Id.), a, um,adj. let 
3 bargained out. Sidon. ( 
L5CAT5R (Id-), M's, onc 
2 something to another, or who barg 
to have some work done for a ie 
price. Plin. and Pandect. 
LOCeLLOS (dimin. from loculus), b ^ 
3 a compartment or division of « 
little chest ; or, a little bn \ cn £ r st \ n no s- 
Martial. Si quid adhuc suimrestm^ 
tri fece locelli, munus erit. U. 
nes persequeris prtetorum, Cotta, 
LOGITS (frequent, from loco), as, a. L< 
3 let out, or lease. Terent. , toe , 
LOCO (locus), as, avi, atum > “•• „ 
Sallush 
I, dispose , arrange, 
rriui. Cic. castra ad Cybistra, 
Quinta, equites pro c0 U? lb ^; mbril ? uo 
milites super vallum. in jns idii« i 
quteque loco locata. Id. 
