verb frequentative intransitive

lătĭto

2nd PP lătĭtāre · 3rd PP lătĭtāvi · 4th PP lătĭtātum · conj. 1st

to be hid; concealed, to lie hid, hide, lurk

v. freq. n. [lateo], to be hid or concealed, to lie hid, hide, lurk (rare but class.).

In gen.: ille ignavissimus Mihi latitabat, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 83: latitans… ••

In gen.: ille ignavissimus Mihi latitabat, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 83: latitans Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 13, 38: latitans aper, Hor. C. 3, 12, 11.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, Lucr. 1, 875 sq.: in terram latitare minute, id. 1, 890; 1, 642: invisis atque latitantibus rebus confidere, * Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—

to hide

Latitare aliquem, to hide from any one (post-class.), Dig. 35, 1, 8.—

to lie hid, keep out of the way •

In partic., jurid., to lie hid, keep out of the way, in order not to appear before court: qui fraudationis causa latitarit, Edict. Praet. ap. Cic. Quint. 19, 60; Gai. Inst. 3, 78: si latitare ac diutius ludificare videatur, Cic. Quint. 17, 54; id. Dom. 31, 83; Dig. 42, 4, 7, § 3 sq.

Perseus ID: n26009 Key: latito