latus
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Etymology 1Edit
Earlier *tlātus, from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós, from the root *telh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek τλάντος (tlántos, “bearing, suffering”), τολμέω (tolméō, “to carry, bear”), τελαμών (telamṓn, “broad strap for bearing something”), Ἄτλας (Átlas, “the 'Bearer' of Heaven”), Lithuanian tiltas (“bridge”), Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), तुलयति (tulayati, “lifts up, weighs”), Latin tollō (“to bear, support”), tulī (“I bore”), tolerō (“bear, endure”), tellūs (“bearing earth”), Old English þolian (“to endure”) (English thole), Old Armenian թողում (tʿołum, “I allow”).
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
lātus m (feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension
InflectionEdit
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lātus | lāta | lātum | lātī | lātae | lāta | |
| Genitive | lātī | lātae | lātī | lātōrum | lātārum | lātōrum | |
| Dative | lātō | lātō | lātīs | ||||
| Accusative | lātum | lātam | lātum | lātōs | lātās | lāta | |
| Ablative | lātō | lātā | lātō | lātīs | |||
| Vocative | lāte | lāta | lātum | lātī | lātae | lāta | |
Etymology 2Edit
From earlier *stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”). Also compare stlatta.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
lātus (feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension
InflectionEdit
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | lātus | lāta | lātum | lātī | lātae | lāta | |
| Genitive | lātī | lātae | lātī | lātōrum | lātārum | lātōrum | |
| Dative | lātō | lātō | lātīs | ||||
| Accusative | lātum | lātam | lātum | lātōs | lātās | lāta | |
| Ablative | lātō | lātā | lātō | lātīs | |||
| Vocative | lāte | lāta | lātum | lātī | lātae | lāta | |
- comparative: lātior, superlative: lātissimus
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Etymology 3Edit
Of uncertain origin. Some indicate Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case later would be its masculine form).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
latus n (genitive lateris); third declension
InflectionEdit
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | latus | latera |
| Genitive | lateris | laterum |
| Dative | laterī | lateribus |
| Accusative | latus | latera |
| Ablative | latere | lateribus |
| Vocative | latus | latera |
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DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- latus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- latus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- latus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- latus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have good lungs: bonis lateribus esse
- to place the cavalry on the wings: equites ad latera disponere (B. G. 6. 8)
- to fall upon the enemy's flank: in latus hostium incurrere
- (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
- to have good lungs: bonis lateribus esse
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag