latro
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin latrō (“mercenary; bandit”).
Adjective edit
latro (feminine latra, masculine plural latri, feminine plural latre)
Noun edit
latro m (plural latri, feminine latra)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
latro
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.troː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪roː] or IPA(key): /ˈlat.roː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tro/, [ˈläːt̪ro] or IPA(key): /ˈlat.ro/, [ˈlät̪ro]
Noun edit
latrō m (genitive latrōnis); third declension
- mercenary
- highwayman; brigand, bandit; robber
- Synonyms: praedō, latrunculus, vargus
- chessman, pawn
- Synonym: latrunculus
- (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:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
From the accusative latrōnem:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: ladrone
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Learned borrowings:
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “latro, -onis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 201
- ^ 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.troː/, [ˈɫ̪äːt̪roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tro/, [ˈläːt̪ro]
Verb edit
lātrō (present infinitive lātrāre, perfect active lātrāvī, supine lātrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: alatru, alãtrari
- Asturian: lladrar
- Catalan: lladrar
- Galician: ladrar
- Italian: latrare
- Portuguese: ladrar
- Romanian: lătra, lătrare
- Spanish: ladrar
- → English: latrate
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