See also: latrò

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.tro/
  • Rhymes: -atro
  • Hyphenation: là‧tro

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin latrō (mercenary; bandit).

Adjective edit

latro (feminine latra, masculine plural latri, feminine plural latre)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of ladro

Noun edit

latro m (plural latri, feminine latra)

  1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of ladro

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

latro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of latrare

Further reading edit

  • latro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Disputed. Often hypothesized as from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (to grant; to possess) or *leh₁-t- (to let, grant, provide), when compared with Ancient Greek λάτρις (látris, hired servant) and Proto-Germanic *lēþą (ownership, possession). However, Beekes rejects an Indo-European etymology on phonetic grounds and instead posits Pre-Greek origin for the Greek; he believes Latin latrō is rather borrowed from unattested Ancient Greek *λάτρων (*látrōn).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

latrō m (genitive latrōnis); third declension

  1. mercenary
  2. highwayman; brigand, bandit; robber
    Synonyms: praedō, latrunculus, vargus
  3. chessman, pawn
    Synonym: latrunculus
  4. (plural only, Classical Latin, Late Latin) the game of latrunculi (somewhat similar to chess)
    Synonyms: ludus latrunculorum, latrunculi
Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative latrō latrōnēs
Genitive latrōnis latrōnum
Dative latrōnī latrōnibus
Accusative latrōnem latrōnēs
Ablative latrōne latrōnibus
Vocative latrō latrōnēs
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

From the nominative latrō:

From the accusative latrōnem:

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λάτρον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 837–838

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Italic *lātrom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

lātrō (present infinitive lātrāre, perfect active lātrāvī, supine lātrātum); first conjugation

  1. to bark, bay
  2. to rant, bluster
  3. (of water) to roar
  4. to demand vehemently
Conjugation edit
   Conjugation of lātrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lātrō lātrās lātrat lātrāmus lātrātis lātrant
imperfect lātrābam lātrābās lātrābat lātrābāmus lātrābātis lātrābant
future lātrābō lātrābis lātrābit lātrābimus lātrābitis lātrābunt
perfect lātrāvī lātrāvistī lātrāvit lātrāvimus lātrāvistis lātrāvērunt,
lātrāvēre
pluperfect lātrāveram lātrāverās lātrāverat lātrāverāmus lātrāverātis lātrāverant
future perfect lātrāverō lātrāveris lātrāverit lātrāverimus lātrāveritis lātrāverint
passive present lātror lātrāris,
lātrāre
lātrātur lātrāmur lātrāminī lātrantur
imperfect lātrābar lātrābāris,
lātrābāre
lātrābātur lātrābāmur lātrābāminī lātrābantur
future lātrābor lātrāberis,
lātrābere
lātrābitur lātrābimur lātrābiminī lātrābuntur
perfect lātrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lātrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lātrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lātrem lātrēs lātret lātrēmus lātrētis lātrent
imperfect lātrārem lātrārēs lātrāret lātrārēmus lātrārētis lātrārent
perfect lātrāverim lātrāverīs lātrāverit lātrāverīmus lātrāverītis lātrāverint
pluperfect lātrāvissem lātrāvissēs lātrāvisset lātrāvissēmus lātrāvissētis lātrāvissent
passive present lātrer lātrēris,
lātrēre
lātrētur lātrēmur lātrēminī lātrentur
imperfect lātrārer lātrārēris,
lātrārēre
lātrārētur lātrārēmur lātrārēminī lātrārentur
perfect lātrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lātrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lātrā lātrāte
future lātrātō lātrātō lātrātōte lātrantō
passive present lātrāre lātrāminī
future lātrātor lātrātor lātrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lātrāre lātrāvisse lātrātūrum esse lātrārī lātrātum esse lātrātum īrī
participles lātrāns lātrātūrus lātrātus lātrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lātrandī lātrandō lātrandum lātrandō lātrātum lātrātū
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • latro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • latro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • latro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • latro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • latro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650
  • Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre[1], 2011