(adj.adv.) : lātus, a, um, adj.old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. στορ- in στόρνυμι, στρατός; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with πλατύς, nor with 3. lātus = τλητός
* Broad, wide.
* Lit.: fossa,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: mare,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103: via,id. ib. 2, 4, 53, § 119: agri,id. Rep. 5, 2, 3: clavus,Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus): umeri,Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.: artus barbarorum,Tac. A. 2, 21: lati et lacertosi viri,broad-shouldered,Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: rana bove latior,Phaedr. 1, 24, 5: palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,Caes. B. G. 7, 19: latissimum flumen,id. ib. 2, 27: latissimae solitudines,id. ib. 6, 22: comesse panem tris pedes latum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8: fossae quindecim pedes latae,Caes. B. G. 7, 72: areas latas pedum denum facito,Col. 2, 10, 26: populi,Verg. A. 1, 225: moenia lata videt,id. ib. 6, 549: latis otia fundis,id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21: ager,Liv. 23, 46: orbis,Hor. C. 1, 12, 57: terrae,Ov. M. 2, 307: lata Polyphemi acies,wide eye,Juv. 9, 64.—Neutr. absol.: crescere in latum,to increase in width, widen,Ov. M. 1, 336.—Absol.: per latum,Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22: in lato pedum centum,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.
* Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading): latus ut in circo spatiere,that you may stalk along largely, proudly,Hor. S. 2, 3, 183: lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),Sen. Ep. 76, 31.
* Trop.
* In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.): vox,Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.: verba,pronounced broadly,Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46: gloria,widespread,Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7: lato Murrus caligat in hoste,Sil. 1, 499: interpretatio,broad, not strict, lenient,Dig. 22, 1, 1: culpa,great,ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.: fuga,a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one,ib. 48, 22, 5.
* In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix: oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),Cic. Brut. 31, 120: latum atque fusum,Quint. 11, 3, 50: latiore varioque tractatu,id. 7, 3, 16: latiore quadam comprehensione,id. 2, 5, 14: genus orandi latum et sonans,Tac. H. 1, 90: Aeschines his latior et audentior,Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.
* Lit.: late longeque diffusus,Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34: omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,Caes. B. G. 4, 35: minus late vagari,id. ib. 1, 2: regnare,Just. 13, 7: populus late rex,Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.: diu Lateque victrix,Hor. C. 4, 4, 23: cladem inferre,Tac. H. 3, 23.—Comp.: latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156: itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),Liv. 21, 11: possidere (agros),Ov. M. 5, 131: metui,Tac. A. 12, 43. —Sup.: ager latissime continuatus,Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70: quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,Nep. Eum. 9, 3.
* Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235: Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,Ov. H. 17, 57.—Comp.: latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19: latius perscribere,Caes. B. C. 2, 17: uti opibus,more lavishly,Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.—Sup.: fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70: latissime patere,id. ib. 3, 17, 69.

(preposition) : lătus, ĕris, n.cf. Gr. πλατύς; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus
* The side, flank of men or animals.
* Lit.: ego vostra faciam latera lorea,Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4: occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,Cic. Clu. 62, 175: cujus latus ille mucro petebat,id. Lig. 3, 9: laterique accommodat ensem,Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118: laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.: si tetigit latus acrior,Juv. 7, 109: tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse ... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,pleurisy,Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so, lateris dolor,Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155: lateris vigili cum febre dolor,Juv. 13, 229; cf.: laterum dolor aut tussis,Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351: latus tegere alicui,to walk by the side of one,Hor. S. 2, 5, 18: claudere alicui,Juv. 3, 131; and: mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals: equorum,Lucr. 5, 1324: cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.
* Of orators, the lungs: lateribus aut clamore contendere,Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255: quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67: ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.: lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40: dum vox ac latus praeparetur,id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13: voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),id. 12, 11, 2: neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,Cic. de Sen. 9, 27: cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,id. ib. 5, 14: illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,Quint. 9, 1, 29.
* Trop.
* Transf., in gen.
* The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum; v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,on each side,Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202: terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21: latus unum castrorum,Caes. B. G. 2, 5: insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,id. ib. 5, 13: et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard: Illyricum,Juv. 8, 117: castelli,Sall. J. 93: tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,the ship's side,Verg. A. 1, 105: ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,Ov. M. 11, 529: nudum remigio,Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3: dextrum (domus),id. Ep. 1, 16, 6: mundi,id. C. 1, 22, 19: crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,surfaces,Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35: reliquos equites ad latera disponit,Caes. B. G. 6, 7: ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.: ad latus apertum hostium constitui,id. ib. 4, 25: ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).
* Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind): a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32: a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25: ab omni latere securus,Amm. 16, 9, 3: ab latere aggredi,Liv. 27, 48: disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,Sall. J. 50 fin.: ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,Caes. B. G. 3, 29: Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4: a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.
* Poet. (pars pro toto), the body: penna latus vestit, tenet,Ov. M. 2, 376: nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23; 14, 710: forte,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26: fessum longā militiā,id. C. 2, 7, 18: credidit tauro latus,id. ib. 3, 27, 26: liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,id. ib. 3, 10, 20.
* With de: de latere ire,Lucr. 6, 117.—Without : alio latere,Tac. A. 3, 74.
* In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20: aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,encompass on every side,Hor. S. 2, 6, 34: ut a senis latere numquam discederem,never left his side,Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so, alicui latus dare, of a client,Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra): lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,hung about them, threatened them,Liv. 39, 25: Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.: Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,id. 30, 2, 5: circumfusa turba lateri meo,Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.: sacpe dabis nudum latus,expose,Tib. 1, 4, 52: la. tus imperii nudum,Flor. 3, 5, 4: nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,expose yourself, lay yourself open to,Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5: hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,Hor. S. 1, 3, 59: ex uno latere constat contractus,on one side,Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5: nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.
* In partic.
* To express intimacy, attachment: latus alicui cingere,to cling to,Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.): ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.: ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,your constant associate,Mart. 6, 68, 4.
* Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.): quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3: sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8: ex latere uxorem ducere,ib. 23, 2, 68: latus omne divinae domus,Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere ... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.

lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.

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