(v. n.adv.) : lătĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.Sanscr. root rah-, forsake; rahas, loneliness, concealment; Gr. ΛΑΘ λανθάνω
* To lurk, be or lie hid or concealed, to skulk (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: ubi sunt, ubi latent,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 69: cochleae in occulto latent,id. Capt. 1, 1, 12; cf. Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: occulte, id. Agr. 2, 16, 41: clam,Ov. R. Am. 437: abdite,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181: in tenebris,id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, § 9: sub nomine pacis bellum latet,id. Phil. 12, 7, 17: scelus latet inter tot flagitia,id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118: non latuit scintilla ingenii,id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 40, 67: naves latent portu,Hor. Epod. 9, 19; cf.: tuta arce,Verg. A. 10, 805.—Prov.: latet anguis in herba,Verg. E. 3, 93.
* Trop.
* To be hidden, to be in safety: sub umbra amicitiae Romae,Liv. 34, 9, 10; Phaedr. 4, 5, 13: sub illius umbra Philotas latebam,lurked,Curt. 6, 10, 22.
* Jurid., to lie hid, keep out of sight, in order not to appear before court, Cic. Quint. 23, 74.
* In gen., to live in concealment, to live retired (rare): crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, to lead a retired or quiet life, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 25.
* In partic., analog. to the Gr. λανθάνειν, res latet, to be concealed from, be unknown to one.
* With acc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf.: fugit me, praeterit me, etc.): latet plerosque, siderum ignes esse, etc.,Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82: nec latuere doli fratrem Junonis,Verg. A. 1, 130: nil illum latet,Ov. P. 4, 9, 126: res Eumenem non latuit,Just. 13, 8, 6; 31, 2, 2: semen duplex, unum, quod latet nostrum sensum, alterum, quod apertum,Varr. R. R. 1, 40.
* With dat.: quae et oculis et auribus latere soleant,Varr. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.: ubi nobis haec auctoritas tamdiu tanta latuit?Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 13: hostique propinquo Roma latet,Sil. 12, 614.
* Absol., to be concealed or obscure, to be unknown: earum causarum aliae sunt perspicuae, aliae latent,Cic. Top. 17, 63: cum laterent hae partes (sc. Galliae),Amm. 15, 11, 1: quae tantum accenderit ignem, Causa latet,Verg. A. 5, 5: id qua ratione consecutus sit, latet,Nep. Lys. 1.—Hence, lătens, entis, P. a., lying hid, hidden, concealed, secret, unknown: saxa latentia,Verg. A. 1, 108: junctura,Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 93: rem latentem explicare definiendo,Cic. Brut. 41, 152: animus in aegro corpore,Juv. 9, 18: causas tentare latentes,Verg. A. 3, 32: Tarquinius mandata latentia nati accipit,Ov. F. 2, 705. —Comp.: latentior origo,Aug. de Gen. ad Litt. 12, 18: caussa, id. Civ. Dei, 5, 19.—Absol.: in latenti,in secret, secretly,Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Hence, adv.: lătenter, in secret, secretly, privately: efficere,Cic. Top. 17, 63: amare,Ov. P. 3, 6, 59: intellegere ex aliqua re,Gell. 2, 18 fin.

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