The corpus record — Latin

latebrosus

latebrosus · adj

full of lurking-holes

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Where it lives

Bacchides 2 · 2.03/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Troades 1 · 1.47/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
Apotheosis 1 · 1.35/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 21 1 · 0.64/10k
Pro P. Sestio 1 · 0.6/10k
Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Aeneid 3 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lătē^brōsus — Lewis & Short

lătē^brōsus, a, um, adj.latebra,

I full of lurking-holes or coverts, hidden, retired, secret.

I Lit. (rare but class.): loca, lurking-places, disreputable haunts, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: via, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126: locus, Liv. 21, 54: viae, Amm. 14, 2, 2: loca, id. 17, 1, 6: flumina, Verg. A. 8, 713: latebrosae tempora noctis, Luc. 6, 120: serpens, Sen. Oedip. 153: latebrosa et lucifuga natio, Min. Fel. 8, 4.—Poet.: pumex, i. e. full of holes, porous, Verg. A. 12, 587.—

II Trop., intricate, obscure (late Lat.): latebrosissima quaestio. Aug. Retract. 1, 19.— Hence, * adv.: lătē^brōsē, in a lurkingplace, secretly: se occultare, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 3.

In the wild

latebrosis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.2.2
latebrosus Prudentius, Apotheosis 3.750
latebrosis Silius Italicus, Punica 5.192
latebrosa Ovid, Epistulae 4.103
latebrosa Statius, Silvae 2.3.44
latebroso Vergil, Aeneid 12.587

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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