lanterna | lā-terna (noun F) : (ante-class. and later ), , Gr. λαμπτήρ, root in λάμπω; cf. Lat. limpidus, lepor, lepidus, lĕpus
* A lantern, lamp, torch: a portu illic nunc cum laterna huc advenit,Plaut. Am. prol. 149: laterna Punica,id. Aul. 3, 6, 30: linea lanterna,Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5: hic caulis olebit lanternam,Juv. 5, 88; Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.

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