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lites

lites is a Latin form of lis, meaning “lawsuit; quarrel, dispute”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun.

Found 57 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 116: … egentius attendunt cetera. itaque et maiestatis absoluti sunt permulti quibus damnatis de pecuniis repetundis lites maiestatis essent aestimatae, et hoc cotidie fieri videmus ut reo damnato de pecuniis repetundis, ad quos per …

Terence, Andria 4.5.811: Lites sequi quam id mihi sit facile atque utile

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.