rīpa, ae, f. [etym. dub.; cf. rivus],
I the bank of a stream (while litus is the coast, shore of the sea; v. Döderl. Syn. Part. 3, p. 208; freq. and class. in sing. and plur.), Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 41 Vahl.): ripas radentia flumina rodunt, Lucr. 5, 256: ex utrāque parte ripae fluminis, Caes. B. G. 1, 38, 5: Romulus urbem perennis amnis posuit in ripā, Cic. Rep. 2, 5, 10; Hor. C. 1, 2, 19: viridissima gramine ripa, Verg. G. 3, 144: turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, id. A. 6, 305: umbrosa, Hor. C. 3, 1, 23: declivis, Ov. M. 5, 591; Liv. 1, 37.— Comically: ripis superat mihi atque abundat pectus laetitiā meum, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 6: vos mihi amnes estis, vestrā ripā vos sequar, id. Poen. 3, 3, 18.—
II Transf., the shore of the sea : villa semper mare recte conspicit ... numquam ex ripā, sed haud paulum submota a litore (sc. respergitur), never ( immediately ) from the bank , but ( rather ) a good way back from the shore , Col. 1, 5, 5: sentiant ... Aequoris nigri fremitum, et trementes Verbere ripas, Hor. C. 3, 27, 22: maris ripa, Ap. Met. 11, 16, 13; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 50.