linter, tris (nom. lintris, Sid. Carm. 5, 283), f. (m., Tib. 2, 5, 34) [old form lunter for plunter; root πλύνω, to wash; cf. pluvia; hence]
I Lit., a wash-tub; or in gen., a trough, vat, tray, tub , for wine, Cato R. R. 11, 5; cf. Tib. 1, 5, 23: cavat arbore lintres, Verg. G. 1, 262.—
II Transf., a boat, skiff, wherry : lintribus materiam in insulam convehere, Cic. Mil. 27, 74; Caes. B. G. 1, 12: novas (sc. lintres), cavare, Liv. 21, 26.—Prov.: loqui e lintre, said of one who sways his body to and fro when speaking, Julius ap. Cic. Brut. 60, 216: reprehendenda et illa frequens et concitata in utramque partem nutatio, quam in Curione patre inrisit et Julius, quaerens, quis in luntre loqueretur, Quint. 11, 3, 129: naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, i. e. let me now turn to something else , Ov. F. 2, 864: in liquida nat tibi linter aquā, you have a favorable opportunity , Tib. 1, 7, 37 (1, 5, 76).