latens, latentis (gen.), latentior -or -us, latentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
hidden, concealed; secret, not revealed; [in latenti => in secret];
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | latentia |
| Acc. | latens | latentia |
| Voc. | — | latentia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | latentius | latentiora |
| Gen. | latentioris | — |
| Acc. | latentius | latentiora |
| Voc. | latentius | latentiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | latentissimus | latentissimi |
| Gen. | latentissimi | latentissimorum |
| Dat. | latentissimo | — |
| Acc. | latentissimum | latentissimos |
| Voc. | latentissime | latentissimi |
| Abl. | latentissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | latentissima | latentissimae |
| Gen. | latentissimae | latentissimarum |
| Dat. | latentissimae | — |
| Acc. | latentissimam | latentissimas |
| Voc. | latentissima | latentissimae |
| Abl. | latentissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | latentissimum | latentissima |
| Gen. | latentissimi | latentissimorum |
| Dat. | latentissimo | — |
| Acc. | latentissimum | latentissima |
| Voc. | latentissimum | latentissima |
| Abl. | latentissimo | — |
Examples
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...vitium insidiosum et sub falsa laudis specie latens; nihil enim minus converti ex contrario id ipsum adversus eundem..." - T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...aeterno corpus perfusum frigore leti. quippe ubi nulla latens animai pars remaneret in membris, cinere ut multa latet..." - T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...genus in nostris membris et corpore toto mixta latens animi vis est animaeque potestas, corporibus quia de parvis..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...maxime uitam accipit et illum qui maternorum uiscerum latens onus est? Uterque, quantum ad intellectum boni ac mali..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...illa lapsu, non crudelitate commissa sunt, his inest latens et operta et inueterata calliditas; idem delictum in duobus..." - L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...proficiunt, ita uirtus utilitatem etiam ex longinquo et latens fundit: siue spatiatur et se utitur suo iure, siue..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...magnae patuere fores, intrant fraudes cautique doli ferrumque latens; cumque in populos prodire paras, comes inuidia est: noctem..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...pauidum iam murmur erat nec pectore tecto 255ira latens; nam quae dubias constringere mentescausa solet, dum quisque pauet..."