lateo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *latēō (to be hidden), from earlier *latējō, from Proto-Indo-European *l̥h₂t-éh₁ye-ti (hidden), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (to hide).

Compare cognate Doric Greek λᾱ́θω (lā́thō, to escape notice), variant of Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō);´also compare Ionic Greek λάθρῃ (láthrēi, secretly, by stealth; unbeknownst to).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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lateō (present infinitive latēre, perfect active latuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk
    Latet anguis in herbā.A snake hides in the grass.
    Sub nōmine pācis bellum latet.War lurks under the name of peace.
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.72:
      posita sub nive terra latet
      the earth lies hidden under fallen snow
  2. to keep out of sight
  3. to be hidden and in safety
  4. to live in concealment; to live retired
  5. (intransitive, transitive) to escape notice, remain unknown
    Bene quī latuit, bene vīxit.He who has well remained unknown has lived well.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.130:
      nec latuēre dolī frātrem Jūnōnis et īrae
      Nor did the tricks and the angers of Juno escape her brother's notice.
  6. to be obscure or unknown, lie hidden
    Id quā ratiōne cōnsecūtus sit latet.It is unknown how he obtained that.

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of lateō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lateō latēs latet latēmus latētis latent
imperfect latēbam latēbās latēbat latēbāmus latēbātis latēbant
future latēbō latēbis latēbit latēbimus latēbitis latēbunt
perfect latuī latuistī latuit latuimus latuistis latuērunt,
latuēre
pluperfect latueram latuerās latuerat latuerāmus latuerātis latuerant
future perfect latuerō latueris latuerit latuerimus latueritis latuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lateam lateās lateat lateāmus lateātis lateant
imperfect latērem latērēs latēret latērēmus latērētis latērent
perfect latuerim latuerīs latuerit latuerīmus latuerītis latuerint
pluperfect latuissem latuissēs latuisset latuissēmus latuissētis latuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present latē latēte
future latētō latētō latētōte latentō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives latēre latuisse
participles latēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
latendī latendō latendum latendō

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  • lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lateo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (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
  • lateo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016