latus

See also: Latus

Contents

English

Etymology

From Latin latus (“side”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪ.təs/
• Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

latus (plural latera)

1. (medicine) Flank.

Anagrams

• Altus, Aults, Austl., Tauls, Tulsa, sault, talus

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Latin

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Participle

lātus m (feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension

• perfect participle of ferō
  1. borne, carried, having been carried
  2. suffered, endured, having been suffered
  3. reported, having been reported

Inflection

First/second declension.

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	lātae	lātō		lātīs	lātīs	lātīs
Accusative	lātum	lātam	lātum		lātōs	lātās	lāta
Ablative	lātō	lātā	lātō		lātīs	lātīs	lātīs
Vocative	lāte	lāta	lātum		lātī	lātae	lāta

Etymology 2

From earlier *stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”). Also compare stlatta.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Adjective

lātus (feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension

1. wide, broad
2. spacious, extensive

Inflection

First/second declension.

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	lātae	lātō		lātīs	lātīs	lātīs
Accusative	lātum	lātam	lātum		lātōs	lātās	lāta
Ablative	lātō	lātā	lātō		lātīs	lātīs	lātīs
Vocative	lāte	lāta	lātum		lātī	lātae	lāta

• comparative: lātior, superlative: lātissimus

Derived terms

• sensū latō

Descendants

• Aromanian: lat
• Catalan: lat
• French: lé
• Italian: lato

• Portuguese: lato
• Romanian: lat
• Spanish: lato

Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin. Some indicate Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case later would be its masculine form).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈɫa.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Noun

latus n (genitive lateris); third declension

1. side, flank

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	latus	latera
Genitive	lateris	laterum
Dative	laterī	lateribus
Accusative	latus	latera
Ablative	latere	lateribus
Vocative	latus	latera

Derived terms

• laterālis
• quadrilaterus

Descendants

• Asturian: llau
• English: latus
• French: lez, lès
• Galician: lado

• Italian: lato
• Portuguese: lado
• Romanian: lat, latură
• Spanish: lado

References

• 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^[1], 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
    
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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Latvian

Noun

latus m

1. accusative plural form of lats