English → Latin
“beach” in Latin
lītusstrand, shore, beachōsmouth; (in general) head or face; (in general) facial features, countenance, appearance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
beach
litus (the shore, as the line which separates the land from the sea: ora, acta (the space and tract of land that borders on the sea, as the coast): ☞ acta (Cic.) is a word of Greek extraction, denoting the coast as beautiful and attractive. Tac. (Hist., 3, 76) expresses it by the circumlocution amoena litorum.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for beach?
- The usual Latin words for “beach” are lītus, ōs. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.