Latin

Noun

lītus n ‎(genitive lītoris); third declension

1. beach, shore

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “litus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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