English

Noun

latus ‎(plural latera)

1. (medicine) Flank.

Anagrams

• Altus
• sault
• talus
• Tulsa

Latin

Etymology 1

Earlier *tlātus, from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós, from the root *telh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek τλάντος ‎(tlántos, “bearing, suffering”), τολμέω ‎(tolméō, “to carry, bear”), τελαμών ‎(telamṓn, “broad strap for bearing something”), Ἄτλας ‎(Átlas, “the 'Bearer' of Heaven”), Lithuanian tiltas ‎(“bridge”), Sanskrit तुला ‎(tulā, “balance”), तुलयति ‎(tulayati, “lifts up, weighs”), Latin tollō ‎(“to bear, support”), tulī ‎(“I bore”), tolerō ‎(“bear, endure”), tellūs ‎(“bearing earth”), Old English þolian ‎(“to endure”) (English thole), Old Armenian թողում ‎(tʿołum, “I allow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Participle

lātus m ‎(feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension

• perfect participle of fero
  1. borne, carried, having been carried
  2. suffered, endured, having been suffered
  3. reported, having been reported

Inflection

First/second declension.

Etymology 2

From earlier stlātus, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- ‎(“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- ‎(“broad”). Also compare stlatta.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫaː.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Adjective

lātus m ‎(feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second declension

1. wide, broad
2. spacious, extensive

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: lātior, superlative: lātissimus

Derived terms

• sensū latō

Descendants

• Aromanian: lat
• Catalan: lat
• Italian: lato
• Portuguese: lato
• Romanian: lat
• Spanish: lato

Etymology 3

Of uncertain origin. Some indicate Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‎(“flat”) or *stelh₃- ‎(“broad”) (in which case later would be its masculine form).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈɫa.tʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈlaː.tus]

Noun

latus n ‎(genitive lateris); third declension

1. side, flank

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Derived terms

• laterālis
• quadrilaterus

Descendants

References

• latus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• latus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LATUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “latus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have good lungs: bonis lateribus esse
    
  • to place the cavalry on the wings: equites ad latera disponere (B. G. 6. 8)
    
  • to fall upon the enemy's flank: in latus hostium incurrere
    
  • (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
    
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag

Latvian

Noun

latus m

1. accusative plural form of lats