Dictionary formlitus, litoris(neuter)
Translation
shore, beach; coast
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | litus | litora |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | litus | litora |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | litus | litora |
| Genitiveof | litoris | litorum |
| Dativeto, for | litori | litoribus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | litore | litoribus |
Examples
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The ships came to the shore.
.
Many people were standing on the shore.
Italiae .
The shores of Italy are long.
navigaverunt.
They sailed from the shore at once.
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The rocks of the shore were hard.
Litus, litoris, n., third declension. One t is the classical spelling; this corpus frequently doubles it as littus, littore, littora, which is a medieval habit rather than a different word. Keep it clear of littera, "letter", which genuinely does have two.
Latin sorts out three things English calls the same: litus is the strip where sea meets land, ora is the coastline seen from a distance, and ripa is the bank of a river. Poets like the neuter plural litora for a coast in general, so litora Italiae is one coastline, not several beaches. English took littoral from it, but French côte and Spanish costa come from costa, "rib", instead.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 4: litus, aurum, adversus and 6 more words.