lateo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *latēō (“to be hidden”), from earlier *latējō, from Proto-Indo-European *l̥h₂t-éh₁ye-ti (“hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”).

Compare cognate Doric Greek λᾱ́θω (lā́thō, “to escape notice”), variant of Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō);´also compare Ionic Greek λάθρῃ (láthrēi, “secretly, by stealth; unbeknownst to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.te.oː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.te.o/, [ˈläːt̪eo]

Verb

lateō (present infinitive latēre, perfect active latuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk

   Latet anguis in herbā. ― A snake hides in the grass.

   Sub nōmine pācis bellum latet. ― War lurks under the name of peace.

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.72:

     posita sub nive terra latet

     the earth lies hidden under fallen snow

2. to keep out of sight
3. to be hidden and in safety
4. to live in concealment; to live retired
5. (intransitive, transitive) to escape notice, remain unknown

   Bene quī latuit, bene vīxit. ― He who has well remained unknown has lived well.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.130:

     nec latuēre dolī frātrem Jūnōnis et īrae

     Nor did the tricks and the angers of Juno escape her brother's notice.

6. to be obscure or unknown, lie hidden

   Id quā ratiōne cōnsecūtus sit latet. ― It is unknown how he obtained that.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lateō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateō	latēs	latet	latēmus	latētis	latent
	imperfect	latēbam	latēbās	latēbat	latēbāmus	latēbātis	latēbant
	future	latēbō	latēbis	latēbit	latēbimus	latēbitis	latēbunt
	perfect	latuī	latuistī	latuit	latuimus	latuistis	latuērunt, latuēre
	pluperfect	latueram	latuerās	latuerat	latuerāmus	latuerātis	latuerant
	future perfect	latuerō	latueris	latuerit	latuerimus	latueritis	latuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateam	lateās	lateat	lateāmus	lateātis	lateant
	imperfect	latērem	latērēs	latēret	latērēmus	latērētis	latērent
	perfect	latuerim	latuerīs	latuerit	latuerīmus	latuerītis	latuerint
	pluperfect	latuissem	latuissēs	latuisset	latuissēmus	latuissētis	latuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	latē	—	—	latēte	—
	future	—	latētō	latētō	—	latētōte	latentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		latēre	latuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		latēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		latendī	latendō	latendum	latendō	—	—

Derived terms

• latebra
• latēns
• latenter
• latēscō
• latibulum
• latitō
• perlateō
• latitās

Related terms

Related terms

• latebricola
• latebrōsē
• latebrōsus
• latibulor
• latitābundus
• latitātiō

References

• “lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lateo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to belong to the king's bodyguard: a latere regis esse
    
• lateo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016