Lateo, lates, latui, latêre. To lie bidde: to be secret: to be vnknowne.Latuit ad haue ætatem.Cic.Latere abditè.Cic. Clam latêre. Ouid.Abditus latet agro. Horat. Furtim latêre. Ouid.Latet mihi causa, Lucan.I know not the cause.Nec latuere doli fratrem Iunonis, & Iræ.Virg.Iunoes brother knew full well, or was not ignorant of her crafty fetch and stomacke against them.Later plerosque superiorum trium siderum ignes esse. Plin. Most part know not, or be ignorant, that, &c.Æquor later sub classibus. Virgil. The sea is couered with shippes.Amor latet.Ouid.Loue is his.Error latet.Virg.Ars latet.Ouid. Nocte latent fures. Catul. Res latuit patrem.Ouid.Her father knew not the matter.Virtus latet obruta paupertate. Claud. Vertue through pouertie is hid and vnknowne.Latet apud Parthos. Mart. Insidiæ latent in simulatione ossicij Cicer.Vnder colour of friendly pleasure, lieth hid treasou and meanes to deceine.Latere in occulto.Cic.To lie hid in a sesret place.Sub vmbra Romanæ amicitiæ latebant.Liu.Later inter dentes.Plaut.Latere tecto.Terent.To lie hid in an house.
Later, m. g. láterem, látere: & lateres, pen. cor. in plurali integrum, genitiuus & datiuus singulares rarò leguntur. Cicero. Bricke: tile.Lateres coctiles. Valla. Bricke.Later coctus. Vitruu. A bricke tile baked in a kylle.Lateres in fornacem coquere. Cato. To make bricke in a kylle. Laterem lauare.Terent.To labour in vaine.
Latus, láteris, pen. cor. n. gen. Virg.A sine, it is often taken for strength and durablenesse of the voyce in vtterance.Conatus laterum. Quint. Dolor laterum Horat.A stitch: a pluresie.Inclinatio laterum fortis ac virilis. Quint. Inflexio laterum.Cic.Ardua latera.Virg. Niueum. Virg.Forte latus. Horat. Patiens laboris latus. Quint. Innalidum latus.Ouid. Rigidum. Stat.Longum latus.Senec. Tenerum latus. Tibul. Ensis accinctus lateri, Vide ACCINGO.Accommodare ensem lateri, Vide ACCOMMODO.Adhærere lateri, Vide ADHAEREO.Adiungere aliquem lateri filij. Quint. To appoint one alway to be with his sonne to gouerne him.Astare in latus obliquum.Ouid.To stande with his side toward him.Cinxit latus ense.Ouid.He hauged his sword by his side.Latus conserere lateri, Vide CONSERO.Extentum cursu missa latus eruit hasta.Ouid.Exoluere latere pugionem.Tacit.To loose & take his dagger from his side.Exonerare latus ense. Senet. Hærit lateri lethalis arundo.Virg.The deadly arrow sticketh in his side.Munire latus nauis.Ouid.Latus ense peregit.Ouid.He thrust his sworde through his side.Resoluit latus ense.Ouid.He thrust him into the side with his sword.Ima soluuntur latera.Virg.Submittere latus.Ouid.To lay downe his side: to lie downe. Latus.Cicer. Pro vitibus & spiritu. Plin. Verebamur ne not dies, ne vox, ne latera deficerent. Homines latere. Curtius. Men verie familiar and alway about the Prince. Campi latus.Ouid.The side of the field.Latus mundi. Horat. Latera insulæ. Cic.Æqua latera. Quint.
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lătĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root rah-, forsake; rahas, loneliness, concealment; Gr. *l*a*q lanqa/nw], to lurk, be or lie hid or concealed, to skulk (class.). I.Lit.A. In gen.: ubi sunt, ubi latent, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 69: cochleae in occulto latent, id. Capt. 1, 1, 12; cf. Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: occulte, id. Agr. 2, 16, 41: clam, Ov. R. Am. 437: abdite, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, 181: in tenebris, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, 9: sub nomine pacis bellum latet, id. Phil. 12, 7, 17: scelus latet inter tot flagitia, id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118: non latuit scintilla ingenii, id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 40, 67: naves latent portu, Hor. Epod. 9, 19; cf.: tuta arce, Verg. A. 10, 805.—Prov.: latet anguis in herba, Verg. E. 3, 93.—B. In partic. 1.To be hidden, to be in safety: sub umbra amicitiae Romae, Liv. 34, 9, 10; Phaedr. 4, 5, 13: sub illius umbra Philotas latebam,
lurked
, Curt. 6, 10, 22.—2. Jurid., to lie hid, keep out of sight, in order not to appear before court, Cic. Quint. 23, 74.— II.Trop.A. In gen., to live in concealment, to live retired (rare): crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, to lead a retired or quiet life, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 25.—B. In partic., analog. to the Gr. lanqa/nein, res latet, to be concealed from, be unknown to one. (a). with acc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf.: fugit me, praeterit me, etc.): latet plerosque, siderum ignes esse, etc., Plin. 2, 20, 18, 82: nec latuere doli fratrem Junonis, Verg. A. 1, 130: nil illum latet, Ov. P. 4, 9, 126: res Eumenem non latuit, Just. 13, 8, 6; 31, 2, 2: semen duplex, unum, quod latet nostrum sensum, alterum, quod apertum, Varr. R. R. 1, 40.—(b). With dat.: quae et oculis et auribus latere soleant, Varr. L. L. 9, 92 Müll.: ubi nobis haec auctoritas tamdiu tanta latuit?Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: hostique propinquo Roma latet, Sil. 12, 614.—(g).Absol., to be concealed or obscure, to be unknown: earum causarum aliae sunt perspicuae, aliae latent, Cic. Top. 17, 63: cum laterent hae partes (sc. Galliae), Amm. 15, 11, 1: quae tantum accenderit ignem, Causa latet, Verg. A. 5, 5: id qua ratione consecutus sit, latet, Nep. Lys. 1.—Hence, lătens, entis, P. a., lying hid, hidden, concealed, secret, unknown: saxa latentia, Verg. A. 1, 108: junctura, Plin. 13, 15, 29, 93: rem latentem explicare definiendo, Cic. Brut. 41, 152: animus in aegro corpore, Juv. 9, 18: causas tentare latentes, Verg. A. 3, 32: Tarquinius mandata latentia nati accipit, Ov. F. 2, 705. —Comp.: latentior origo, Aug. de Gen. ad Litt. 12, 18: caussa, id. Civ. Dei, 5, 19.—Absol.: in latenti,
in secret, secretly
, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Hence, adv.: lătenter, in secret, secretly, privately: efficere, Cic. Top. 17, 63: amare, Ov. P. 3, 6, 59: intellegere ex aliqua re, Gell. 2, 18 fin.
lăter, ĕris, m. [Sanscr. root prath-, widen; prathas, breadth; Gr. platu/s, pla/tos], a brick, tile. I.Lit.: nil mirum, vetus est maceria, lateres si veteres ruunt, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49 sqq.: in latere aut in caemento, ex quibus urbs effecta est, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf.: paries crudo latere ac luto constructus, Col. 9, 1, 2: contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque constraverunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: lateres de terra ducere,
to make
, Vitr. 2, 3, 1: lateres coquere,
to burn
, id. 1, 5: sepimentum e lateribus coctilibus,
burnt bricks
, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4.—Prov.: laterem lavare, to wash a brick, = pli/nqon plu/nein, i. e. to wash the color out of a brick, to labor in vain, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 8; but cf. Lucil. Sat. 9, 19.—II.Transf.: lateres aurei, argentei, bars, ingots, or wedges of gold, of silver, Plin. 33, 3, 17, 56; Varr. ap. Non. 131, 15; 520, 17.