I.to flow near to, to wash against, to bathe, of the sea, the waves, etc. (perh. not used before the Cic. per.).
I. Lit.: “non adluuntur a mari moenia,” Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96: “ita jactantur fluctibus, ut numquam adluantur,” id. Sex. Rosc. 72: “fluvius latera haec adluit,” id. Leg. 2, 3, 6: “flumen quo adluitur oppidum,” Plin. 6, 4; Verg. A. 8, 149: “amnis ora vicina adluens,” Sen. Hippol. 1232: “adluit gentes Maeotis,” id. Oedip. 475.—
