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litem

litem is a Latin form of lis, meaning “lawsuit; quarrel, dispute”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of lito, “sacrifice with favorable omens”.

Found 68 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 5.1.9: Eis ad diem adductis, ut imperaverat, arbitros inter civitates dat qui litem aestiment poenamque constituant.

All forms of lis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.