laterem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lateo, latere, latui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
lie hidden, lurk; live a retired life, escape notice;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 1st - Entry →later, lateris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
brick; brickwork/bricks; block; bar/ingot; tile (L+S); [~ lictro => mercury];
acc. sg.
Examples
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...inveniam iracundiae? loquarne? incendam; taceam? instigem; purgem me? laterem lavem. heu me miserum! quom mihi paveo, tum Antipho..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uarios usus non tigna modo et tabulas sed laterem quoque et caementa et saxa uariae magnitudinis praebebant..."