līmōsus, a, um, adj. [2. limus],
full of mud or slime, slimy, miry, muddy : quae (aqua) flumine Nilo fertur, adeo est limosa atque turbida, etc., Auct. B. Alex. 5: limosoque palus obducit pascua junco, i. e. growing in muddy places , Verg. E. 1, 49; cf. radix, Plin. 27, 1, 17, § 34: lacus, Verg. A. 2, 135: ripae, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 1: harena, id. Tr. 4, 1, 7.— Plur. absol. : līmōsa , ōrum, n., muddy or miry places , Plin. 9, 42, 66, § 142.