latus

equites ad latera disposuit
he arranged the cavalry at the sides latus pontus
the broad sea

lātus, a, um: (adj.), wide, broad, 1.313; spacious, ample, large, 4.199; widespread, far-extending, 1.225.

latus , eris, n.: a side, 1.105, et al.; coast, 8.416; laterum iūnctūrae, joinings of the sides of a belt, i.e, ends of a belt, 12.274.

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.

• I Lit.: fossa, Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: mare, id. 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 (580): 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.—
• • B 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. —
• II Trop.
• • A 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.—
  • B 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.
  • • 1 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 (845): 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.—
    • 2 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.

lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. πλατύς; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.

• I Lit.: ego vostra faciam latera lorea, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2 (80): quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4 (418): 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.—
• • • 2 Of orators, the lungs: lateribus aut clamore contendere, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255: quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc., id. 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.—
    • 3 Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12: lateri parcere, Juv. 6, 37.—
  • B Transf., in gen.
  • • 1 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).—
    • • b 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.—
      • c Less freq. with ex: latere ex utroque, Lucr. 2, 1049: ex lateribus aggredi aliquem, Sall. C. 60: tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur, Auct. B. Alex. 28, 4: ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10: omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri, Amm.19, 7, 7.—
      • d With de: de latere ire, Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.: alio latere, Tac. A. 3, 74.—
    • 2 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.—
• II Trop.
• • A 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. 672: 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.—
  • B In partic.
  • • 1 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.—
    • 2 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.

1. lātus, a, um, Partic. v. fero, w. s.

2. lātus, a, um (altlat. stlātus, urspr. Partiz. zu Ϝstla, ausbreiten), breit (Ggstz. angustus, brevis, contractus), I) eig.: a) übh.: via, Cic.: frons (Stirn), Plin. ep.: umeri, Verg.: ratis, Liv.: clavus, s. clāvus: flumen latissimum, Caes. – m. folg. Angabe der Breite im Acc., fossa XV pedes lata, Caes.: od. im Genet., pedum denûm, Colum., od. im Abl., pede, Plin., pedibus octo, Veget. mil.: so auch non latior pedibus L, Caes. – latus ab umeris, breitschulterig, Suet.: u. so lati et lacertosi viri, Colum. – subst., lātum, ī, n., die Breite, in latum crescere, Ov. met. 1, 336: seni pedes in latum, Veget. mil. 4, 15: quadraginta duo pedes in latum et mille passus in longum, ibid.: in lato pedum centum, in longo pedum mille, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7: promunturium angustis cervicibus reliqua extendit in latius, Mela 1, 17, 3 (1. § 89). – b) sich weit und breit erstreckend, weit, von großem Umfange, moenia, fundus, fenestra, Verg.: fines, Caes.: locus, Cic.: regnum, Liv.: – c) prägn., v. Stolzen, sich breit machend, sich spreizend, hostis, Sil.: lati incesserunt, v. trag. Schauspielern, Sen.: latus (breitspurig) ut in circo spatiere, Hor. sat. 2, 3, 183. – II) übtr.: 1) im allg.: gloria, weit verbreiteter, Plin. ep. 4, 12, 7: latior interpretatio, nicht allzu strenge, mildere, billigere, ICt.: culpa (Ggstz. levis c.), grobe, belastende, ICt.: fuga, die weite Verweisung (so daß dem Verbannten alle Orte außer einem bestimmten verboten werden), ICt – 2) insbes.: a) der Aussprache nach breit, cuius tu illa lata (Breite, breite Aussprache) non numquam imitaris, Cic. de or. 3, 46. – b) dem Ausdrucke nach breit, weitläufig, ausführlich, reichhaltig, oratio, disputatio, Cic.: u. so lata oratio et magnifica et excelsa (Ggstz. amputata et abscisa), Plin. ep.: latior quaestio, Liv.: materia, quae modo latior est modo angusta, Sen.: latiore varioque tractatu, Quint.: v. Redner, nonne his latior et audentior et excelsior (Aeschines), Quint.

3. latus, eris, n. (viell. zu 2. lātus), die Seite, I) am menschlichen u. tierischen Körper (Ggstz. frons u. tergum), 1) im allg.: α) am Menschen, lateris dolor, Cic. u.a., od. laterum dolor, Hor. u. Cels., Seitenstechen: u. latus ei doluisse, Cic.: accommodare ensem lateri, Verg.: latus offendere vehementer, Cic.: vellere latus digitis, an der Seite zupfen, ziehen (als Erinnerung), Ov.: mutare latus, sich auf die andere Seite werfen, Verg.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, an ihrer Seite hafte (ihnen auf dem Nacken sitze) der drückende Gewaltherr, Liv.: u. so lateri alcis haerere od. iunctum esse, jmdm. nicht von der Seite gehen, Iustin.: offendit te circumfusa turba lateri meo, Liv.: iuxta se latere dextro alqm collocare, Suet.: imaginem alcis latere tantum altero ostendere, Quint. – bei den Gesten des Redners, virili laterum flexione, Cic.: lateris inflexione hāc forti ac virili, Cic.: in sinistrum latus... in alterum, Quint.: in dextrum ac laevum latus, Quint. – artifices lateris, Künstler in Seitenbewegungen, Ballettänzer, Ov. art. am. 3, 351. u. in der Fechterspr., latus dare, die S. (dem Gegner) bloßgeben, eine Blöße geben, Val. Flacc. 4, 304 (versch. undis dat latus, gibt die Seite den W. preis, Verg. Aen. 1, 104 sq.): u. so bildl., saepe dabis latus nudum, Tibull.; u. ne adulatoribus latus praebeas, Sen.: malo latus obdere apertum, Hor.: u. nudum latus imperii, Flor.: u. dagegen latus alcis od. alci tegere, Liv., Auct. b. Alex. u. Hor., od. latus alci claudere, Iuven., jmdm. die Seite decken, ihm begleitend zur (linken) Seite gehen (bes. v. Klienten): ähnlich alci latus dare, Sen. nat. qu. 7, 32, 3: u. alci latus cingere (v. zweien od. mehreren), Liv. u. Ov.: alcis latera cingere (v. zweien), Liv.: patriciis iuvenibus latera saepire, sich zur Seite gehen lassen, Liv.: tecto latere abscedere, sprichw. = mit heiler Haut davonkommen, Ter. heaut. 672. – ab alcis latere numquam discedere (weichen), Cic. – β) am Tiere, latera ac ventres equorum, Lucr.: cuius (equi aenei) in lateribus fores essent, Cic. – 2) insbes.: a) die Seite als Sitz der Kraft u. Stärke, wir: Hüften, Brust, beim Redner auch Lunge, Kraft, neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis, v. Athleten Milo, Cic.: vocis sonus, latera, vires, Cic.: laterum magna contentio, Cic.: cum legem Voconiam voce magnā et bonis lateribus suasissem, aus voller Brust (sehr laut), Cic. – b) meton. (poet.) = Leib, Körper, latus fessum longā militiā, Hor.: latus submittere in herba, Ov.: penna latus vestit, Ov.: brevi latere (kurzstämmig) et pede longo est, Hor. – c) übtr.: α) v. der nächsten Umgebung, den Vertrauten u. intimen Freunden jmds., insontes ab latere tyranni, Liv.: cum ad perniciem eius a latere ipsius pecuniā sollicitaret hostis, die Leute seiner Umgebung durch Geld zu bestechen suchte, Curt.: ille tuum dulce latus, der so warm an dir hing, Mart. – β) die Seite = Verwandtschaft, Plin. ep. 8, 10, 3: bes. Seitenverwandtschaft, Seitenlinie, latus omne divinae domus, Stat. silv. 5. praef. p. 94 ed. Queck: ex lateribus cognati, Seitenverwandte, Paul. dig. 38, 10, 10. § 8: ex latere uxorem ducere, Paul. dig. 23, 2, 68.

II) v. der örtlichen Seite eines Gegenstandes, Seitenfläche, Flanke (Ggstz. frons, tergum, w. vgl.), 1) im allg.: latus unum castrorum, Caes.: ex utraque parte lateris, eines Hügels, Caes.: ab utroque viae latere, Liv.: insula, cuius unum latus est contra Galliam, Caes.: Macedoniae latus, quod ab Illyrico patet, Liv.: procul a latere castelli, Sall.: latus dextrum domus, Hor.: cum ex omni latere circumplexa (turris) igni foret, Gell.: ut incrementum aquarum quotiens navigia desidunt in lateribus maxime appareat, Sen.: u. so prora avertit et undis dat latus, Verg. – ab lateribus terrae, auf den Seiten, Sen.: u. so latere ex utroque, infraque superque, Lucr. – übtr., ex uno latere, auf, von einer Seite, ICt.: u. so ex utroque latere, ICt. – 2) insbes.: a) als milit. t. t. = die Seite, Flanke eines Heeres (Ggstz. frons), ad latus apertum hostium constitui, Caes.: naves ad latera disponit, Caes.: nostros latere aperto aggressi, Caes.: veritus, ne in frontem simul et latera suorum pugnaretur, Tac.: dah. a (ab) latere, a lateribus, von (auf) der Seite, von den Seiten (Ggstz. a fronte, a tergo), Caes., Cic. u.a.: u. so ex lateribus, Sall.: de latere, Lucr. – b) als mathem. t. t. = die Seite eines Dreiecks, Vierecks usw., in data linea triangulum aequis lateribus constituere, Quint.: in ea linea quattuor trigona paribus lateribus et intervallis scribere, Vitr.: striaturae paribus lateribus quadratum describere, Vitr.: triangula plus aequis lateribus, quam inaequalibus, Quint.; vgl. crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus, Plin.

1 latus v. 2 lata

2 lātus [CL] 1 broad, wide; b (w. spec. measurement); c (of shape or cut of garment). per ~am diversorum vitiorum morti proclive ducentem ‥ discurrebant viam Gildas EB 22; ac lata argento pulchre fabricata patena Æthelwulf Abb. 650; servat ab hoste lătus artum clipeus michi lātus Serlo Wilt. 2. 58 (v. 3 latus 6); lapis pirites, i. lapis milvaris, quem quidam dicunt de lapide ~o supra quem solet ignis construi Alph. 91; 1455 onerat se ‥ de ij monilibus aureis, ij libris piperis, vj capitibus ~arum [sc. sagittarum] ExchScot 101.  b murum ‥ viij pedes ~um et xij altum Bede HE I 12 p. 27.  c dalmatica, tunica ~as manicas habens GlC D 10; ephod, vestis linea ~as manicas habens Ib. E 233; zonas ~as de crudis animalium coriis Gir. TH III 26; 1260 cum ~ioribus aurifragiis que in civitate regis London poterunt inveniri Cl 63. 2 (of part of the body) broad, wide. b (of lip) thick. c (of heart, fig.) large, generous. sentit ‥ quasi magnam ~amque manum caput sibi ‥ tetigisse Bede HE IV 29 p. 279.  b labro ~o Felix Guthl. 31 p. 102.  c c1250 liberalitas ~i cordis Ad. Marsh Ep. 77 p. 190. 3 covering a wide space, extensive, widespread. b (of pulse) widely spaced. cum ~is divitiis oneratis Gildas EB 42; dilectus Deo et hominibus sanctus pater non solum a primatibus hujusce ~ae patriae et fertilis diligebatur, ‥ sed etiam regibus Byrht. V. Ecgwini 361; c1207 cum studia litterarum per orbem ~um floreant Dign. Dec. 1 p. 1.  b pulsus illius cui accedit nocumentum propter elleborum est in principio ~us rarus valde debilis valde tardus Gilb. VII 352. 2. 4 having a wide scope, wide-ranging. de quo nos convenit ‥ ~iorem ‥ facere sermonem Bede HE II 1 p. 73; quis quanto nexus forcior circumcingit / libertas has lacior tanto serenat? J. Howd. Cant. 292; 1301 (v. credentia 1). 5 (as sb. n.): a width; b wide expanse; c flat (of sword). d (in ~um, in ~o, de ~o) in width or breadth, along the side. e (in longum et in ~um) everywhere. a vij minutas mansiones continentes l pedes ~i (Yorks) DB I 298ra; hae ij villae habent j leugam ~i et j longi DB I 298rb.  b alta poli vel lata soli vel mersa profundi / quis dimensus erat ‥? Wulf. Brev. 73.  c rex eum cum ~o gladii sui verberans gladium suum fregit G. Ric. I 125 (= Brompton 1180).  d Britannia insula ‥ octingentorum in longo milium, ducentorum in ~o spatium Gildas EB 3; a1158 †quondam [l. quandam] partem terre sue de W. ‥ iiij perticarum in ~o coram molendino et octo in longo secus viam Ch. Westm. 268; a1190 terram xxiiij pedum in longum et xiiij in ~um Danelaw 121; a1222 hec terra habet ‥ in ~o xxv pedes ante in fronte AncD A 2025; [membrana] que mirabiliter creverat in ~um et longum Mir. Montf. 105; 1283 de quocumque solo quatuor brassatis de ~o et amplitudine et de duodecim de longitudine RGasc II 209; ij perticatas in ~um et xliiij perticatas in longum Meaux I 226; 1516 (v. 2 lama 2a).  e episcopus vadat ‥ spargendo per medium aecclesiae in longum et in ~um Egb. Pont. 38.

3 lătus [CL] 1 side, part of the trunk of the body. b (ferreum latus or sim.) Ironside (as nickname of Edmund II). c shoulder. d side, half a carcass divided head to tail. sunt mulieres ‥ quae ‥ caudas boum in ~ibus et camelorum pedes habent Lib. Monstr. I 28; ut alius ‥ anthletarum luctamina cum aemulo sinuosis ~erum flexibus desudans ‥ exercere studeat Aldh. VirgP 2; sensit nescio quid frigidi suo ~eri adjacere Bede HE III 2 p. 130; sancti vij dormientes, apud Ephesum, in monte Celio introeuntes speluncam, super dextrum ~us quiescentes in pace condignam meruerunt sepulturam Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 18 p. 99; unde [i. e. compensation for manslaughter] Anglice proverbium habetur ‘begge spere of side ohther bere’, hoc est, ‘eme lanciam a ~ere aut fer’ Knighton I 84; cum ego videam gladios acutos ad ~us meum affixos Latin Stories 93.  b Herm. Arch. 9, etc. (v. ferreus 3b); Edgarum Clitonem filium Eduardi regis Hunorum filii Edmundi Irneside, id est Ferrei ~eris Ord. Vit. III 14 p. 154.  c sepius dicte capelle aditus ita fuit brevis et angustus ut in eam nullus intraret nisi ~ere premisso uno summo conamine virium et ingenio subintroduceret alterum Hist. Arthuri 88; 1349 ubi [corrigiatores] solebant vendere unum ~us corei vaccinei pro ij s. ad plus modo ipsi coriagiatores vendunt unum ~us corei vaccinei pro iij s. vj d. Pl. Mem. Lond. A6 m. 3 (cf. ib.: unum humerum corei vaccinei).  d 1251 leporarii domini R. B. cucurrerunt ad cervum et ‥ idem R. habuit unum ~us predicti cervi SelPlForest 99. 2 side: a (as indication of proximity); b (as indication of confidentiality or intimacy). c (as indication of remoteness: a ~ere) from outside, as a third party. a c1213 decanus ex uno episcopi ~ere sedens Gir. Ep. 7 p. 244; 1292 Theobaldus ‥ cepit per breve domini regis xij feras ‥ et eodem tempore Stephanus ‥ per advocacionem ipsius Theobaldi cepit a ~ere viij feras vel plures et inde fecit voluntatem suam IMisc 51/19.  b s1164 directi sunt ‥ ad dominum papam a regis ~ere Eboracensis ‥ Londoniensis [etc.] episcopi A. Tewk. Add. Thom. 18; de ~eribus potestatum, quorum necessitas explenda est, malitia reprimanda J. Sal. Pol. 563A tit.; placuit ‥ me ‥ in Hiberniam a ~ere vestro [sc. Hen. II] transmittere Gir. TH pref. p. 20; s1311 idem Petrus [de Gaviston] ‥ ita ~eri domini regis †adheruit quod barones Anglie non potuerunt ei appropinquare Ann. Exon. 20; 1378 quidam tamen juxta ~us avi nostri [Edwardi regis] predicti tunc existentes lucraque et commoda propria pro viribus querentes IMisc 216/5; s1414 rex nonnullos suo ~eri speciales ad quemcunque ‥ pecuniosum misit Ad. Usk 124.  c assisa ultime presentationis inter priorem de W. et Rogerum de Q. et Simonem de C. qui venit a ~ere Bracton 16b (cf. CurR XV 1405); confirmatio ‥ nihil novi attribuit, sed jus vetus consolidat et confirmat, si a capitali domino vel ab alio non domino facta fuerit a ~ere Ib. 58; sive tenementum tenuerit in manu sua ‥ sive alios feoffaverit a ~ere unum vel plures Ib. 391b; si item non obsisteret infirmitas vel indevotio subditorum, nunquam vellem quenquam a ~ere venientem, absque ejus requisitione, aliquam subditorum ipsius confessionem audire Peckham Paup. 62. 3 associate, companion. 1168 quid ergo superest a Domino exspectandum, nisi ut ei compereant ~era sua: et quos complices habuit in errore, comites habeat in ruina? J. Sal. Ep. 249 (273); surrexit interea rex novus qui ignorabat ilium, qui prava habens ~era patrem persequebatur in suis Dial. Scac. I 6E; 1299 R. de Brok venit ‥ per appellum R. de Bakewelle et dicit quod clericus est. dicit eciam quod ~us est et quod fuit in societate J. de H. probatoris apud H. ‥ ubi deberent depredasse quendam hominem Gaol Del. 37/4 m. 3; quod scutum istud non habet latera [ME: siden] est ad significandum quod sui discipuli, qui stetisse debuerunt juxta eum [sc. Christum] et fuisse ipsius ~era [ME: siden] omnes fugerunt AncrR 154 (v. 7a infra). 4 side of immediate family; b branch of extended family. ex utroque ~ere sanguinis nobilitate fulsit ingenuus Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 2.  b s1286 [mortuis] cunctis legitimis heredibus et cognatis a rege Willelmo avo suo linealiter, vel a ~ere quomodolibet descendentibus Fordun Cont. XI 1. 5 party, faction. s1141 quia in neutro ~ere fidus videretur esse W. Malm. HN 487 p. 47; si amplioribus Anglorum viribus ~us stipari procuraverit Gir. EH I 12; 1301 ac etiam aliis ~eris conducticiis contra nos (Lit. Regis) Ann. Lond. I 119; 1326 expedit quod vos et alii prelati ‥ officium pastorale viriliter exequamini, non ex parte Domini Regis vel suo nomine, sed ex mero officio vestris ~eribus inherente Lit. Cant. I 195. 6 column (of troops), flank (of army). Serlo Wilt. 2. 58 (v. 2 latus 1a); latera michi loricata prosterne; / agmina rumpe latera malignantis J. Howd. Cant. 175; s1346 reparato ponte, dominus rex per Picardiam fecit viam suam, et adversarii in ~ere sequebantur Ad. Mur. Chr. 216; s1415 ~era utriusque aciei, nostre viz. et adversarie, immergebant nemoribus que erant ad utrumque ~us exercituum G. Hen. V 13; Gallorum equites ordinati a ~eribus irrupciones fecerunt in sagittarios nostros Ib.. 7 side, lateral surface of artefact or object; b (of geom. figure or sim.); c (of mus. note). d (~us ad ~us) side by side. aperi codicem ‥ recurre ad paginam. ‥ circumfer oculos ad ~era Bede TR 19; ipsam [sc. navem] in ~us jacentem inter undas relinqueret Id. HE V 9 p. 298; in una latera [sic] caminate ejus jussit altare conponere Hugeb. Wynn. 9; AncrR 154 (v. 3 supra); moxque suscepta [petre] virgine ante aperta conclusit NLA I 112; ~era foliorum Libr. Cant. Dov. 437; A. primum ~us folii et B. secundum denotet (J. Whytefeld Pref. Catal.) Ib. 408; 1346 in stipendio j carpentarii supponentis australe ~us aule ‥ ij d. Rec. Elton 322; [ara] circa quam ex utroque ~ere erat ignis accensus, qui perpetuo servabatur, quem extingui nullatenus fas erat Deorum Imag. 17; c1468 sol. J. S., latamo, pro emendacione diversorum defectuum ‥ tam in ~ere australi quam in ~ere boriali dicti cancelli Ac. Durh. 642; vasis ~era abstergantur Ripley 205; antiqua dorsoria ad letera aule Cant. Coll. Ox. 55; 1533 ut patet ex paginae istius ~ere Househ. Bk. Durh. 192.  b quatuor et non tribus vel v hec figura ~eribus conscribitur Alea Evang. 174; figurarum trilaterarum alia est triangulus habens equalia ~era ‥ alia est triangulus trium inequalium ~erum Adel. Elem. I def. 21; hujus probatio est, ut quadratum cujus ~era ignorantur, proponamus Rob. Angl. (I) Alg. 76; Balsh. AD rec. 2 170 (v. diagonicum); quando ponitur quo si A dividat B uniformiter in una hora, tunc A dividens in fine hore intercipietur inter ~era partium B Kilvington Soph. 24f.  c primus punctus habet tractum in ~ere sinistro descendendo ex sui proprietate et alterum tractum in dextera parte ‥ Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 41; omnis figure descendendo proprietas est, ut primus punctus habeat tractum a ~ere sinistro Garl. Mus. Mens. II 26.  d p1305 utrum videlicet ~us ad ~us cum crovis meis esse voluerint aut inter crovos hominum meorum Ch. Coupar Angus I 179. 8 edge or extremity of an area or region. b coast, shore. c margin (fig., de ~ere) as a side issue. [Naxia] in cujus ~ere est Creta memorabilis insula Sæwulf 834; physice dicitur esse sol in Ariete, quia vernali equinoctio usque ad autumnale currit per dextrum ~us hemispherii Alb. Lond. DG 15. 1; c1205 duas acras que jacent a ~ere predicti mesagii Ch. Westm. 466; divertensque se ad euro austrum loci sub montis ~ere Chr. Dale 3; igitur potest Deus ‥ conservare celum et partes ejus in eodem situ sine motu locali. sed, hoc posito, ~era celi non concurrerent nec se tangerent et inter ~era celi tunc non esset aliquod medium positivum nec corpus Ockham Quodl. 46.  b 1278 quod sabulonem ‥ juxta ~us maris caperet JustIt 110 r. 9 (cf. ib. r. 10: sabulonem ‥ juxta litus maris); s1416 verterunt se silenter ad ~us maris G. Hen. V 16; Ib. 25 (v. dispergere 1b).  c 1169 fortasse ecclesie negotium adeo humile est, ut non nisi de ~ere et ex incidenti tractari debeat J. Sal. Ep. 295 (297 p. 686). 9 aspect, side (of question or argument). ita pertractavit questionis ~era W. Malm. GP I 53; Ps.-Gros. Summa 377 (v. immaterialitas).

1 lātus, a, um, part. de fero.

2 lātus, (8) a, um, ¶ 1 large : latum mare Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 103, large mer ; palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta Cæs. G. 7, 19, 1, marais dont la largeur ne dépasse pas cinquante pieds ; fossæ quindecim pedes latæ Cæs. G. 7, 72, 3, fossés de quinze pieds de large ; lati fines Cæs. G. 6, 22, 3, propriétés étendues, vastes || n. pris subst^t latum, largeur : Ov. M. 1, 336 || [poét.] en tenant un large espace = en personnage important : Hor. S. 2, 3, 183 ; Sen. Ep. 76, 31 ; 80, 7, cf. Cic. Ac. 2, 127 || ¶ 2 [fig.] a) étendu : lata gloria Plin. Min. Ep. 4, 12, 7, une gloire qui sʼétend au loin ; b) [prononciation] large, aux sons trop ouverts : Cic. de Or. 3, 46 ; c) [style] large, abondant, riche : Cic. Br. 120 ; Quint. 11, 3, 50, etc.

3 lătŭs, (7) ĕris, n. , ¶ 1 [en parl. dʼêtres vivants] : a) côté, flanc : latus offendit Cic. Clu. 175, il sʼest blessé au flanc ; dolor lateris Cic. de Or. 3, 6, point de côté, pleurésie ; laterum flexio Cic. Or. 59, inflexion du buste ; ad latus alicujus sedere Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 107, être assis à côté de qqn ; a latere alicujus numquam discedere Cic. Læl. 1, ne pas quitter les côtés de qqn || latus dare Val. Flacc. 4, 304, prêter le flanc, donner prise ; latus præbere adulatoribus Sen. Nat. 4, pr. 3, prêter le flanc aux adulateurs || alicui latus tegere Hor. S. 2, 5, 18 ; claudere Juv. 3, 131 ; cingere Liv. 32, 29, 8, couvrir le côté de qqn, marcher à sa gauche || flancs [dʼun cheval] : Cic. Off. 3, 38 ; b) [surtout au pl.] latera, poumons : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 67 ; CM 14 ; de Or. 1, 255 ; laterum contentio Cic. Br. 313, effort des poumons ; [au sing.] Quint. 10, 7, 2 ; 12, 11, 2 ; c) [poét.] = corps : latus fessum longa militia Hor. O. 2, 7, 18, les membres fatigués par une longue campagne ; d) [métaph. p. exprimer lʼattachement] : ab latere tyranni Liv. 24, 5, 13, de lʼentourage du tyran, cf. Curt. 3, 5, 15 ; ille tuum dulce latus Mart. 6, 68, 4, lui, ton compagnon chéri ; e) côté (parenté) : a meo tuoque latere Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 10, 3, de mon côté comme du tien ; [en part.] ligne collatérale : Dig. 38, 10, 10, 8, etc. ¶ 2 [en parl. de lieu] côté : latus unum castrorum Cæs. G. 2, 5, 5, un des côtés du camp || flanc [dʼune armée] : a lateribus Cic. Phil. 3, 32 ; Sall. J. 50, 6 ; ab utroque latere Cæs. G. 2, 25, 1 ; C. 2, 25, 9, sur les deux flancs, des deux côtés ; [avec ex ] Lucr. 2, 1049 ; Sall. C. 60, 5 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 17, 10 ; equites ad latera disponere Cæs. G. 6, 8, 5, disposer la cavalerie sur les ailes || côté [dʼun angle, dʼun triangle, etc.] : Quint. 1, 10, 3 ; Plin. 37, 26.

latus , a, um. adj. c. s.
寛大者。闊。Culpa lata 明罪。悞罪。

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latus , a, um. part. p. v. fero.
Lata poena in eum 定罰彼。Lata lex 出之律例。

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latus , eris. m.
膀。旁邊。側。腰。— navis 船殼。— exercitus 營翼。Lateris dolor 脅下切疼。Adjungere, aliquem lateri filii 舆兒派保人。Ejus lateri adhaerere 挨人。A meo tuoque latere 爾我同骨肉者。Tegere vel claudere latus 于人邊同走。Latere tecto discedere 無損而出。A latere ejus 其所向者。所聽。

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lātus (1) adj.with comp.and sup.

• STER-, broad, wide, extensive: fossa: via: amnis latior, L.: latissimum flumen, Cs.: rana bove latior, Ph.: Moenia, V.: latos finīs parare, Cs.: orbis, H.: terrae, O.: Polyphemi acies, wide eye, Iu.: latus ut in Circo spatiere, spreading the toga wide, H.— Broad, in breadth, extending(with expressions of distance): fossae xv pedes, Cs.: palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta, Cs.—As substn.: crescere in latum, in width, O.—Fig., of utterance, broad. —Plur. n. as subst: cuius tu illa lata imitaris, broad pronunciation.—Of style, diffuse, copious: oratio latior.

latus (2) eris, n

• PLAT-, the side, flank: cuius latus mucro petebat: lateri adcommodat ensem, V.: si tetigit latus acrior, nudged, Iu.: lateris dolore consumptus, pleurisy: lateris vigili cum febre dolor, Iu.: utne tegam Damae latus, walk beside, H.: servi claudit latus, gives the wall to, Iu.: negotia circa saliunt latus, encompass, H.: a senis latere numquam discedere, never leave his side.—The side, body, person: latere tecto abscedere, unharmed, T.: Penna latus vestit, tenet, O.: fessum longā militiā, H.—Of speakers, the lungs: nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis tuis: legem bonis lateribus suadere.—Of things, the side, flank, lateral surface: terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior: latus unum castrorum, Cs.: Illyricum, coast, Iu.: castelli, S.: tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus, the ship's side, V.: ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctūs, O.: Nudum remigio, H.—Of an army, the flank, wing, side: equites ad latera disponit, on the wings, Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, with flank protected, i. e. safely, T.: latere aperto, the flank exposed, Cs.: ne in frontem simul et latera pugnaretur, Ta.: latere inde sinistro petit, farther to the left, O.: a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, on the sides: ab utroque latere, Cs.: ab latere adgredi, L.: ex lateribus ceteros adgreditur, S.—Fig., the person, life: regi latus cingebant, attached themselves closely, L.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, was pressing upon them, L.: addit eos ab latere tyranni, the intimates, L.

lātus (3)

• P. of fero.