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latibulum

latibulum · n

a hiding-place, lurking-hole, covert, den

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Where it lives

Pro C. Rabirio Postumo 1 · 2.46/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 2 · 1.82/10k
De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Pro L. Flacco 1 · 0.92/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3 · 0.43/10k
Res Gestae 5 · 0.39/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

lătĭbŭlum — Lewis & Short

lătĭbŭlum, i, n.lateo,

I a hiding-place, lurking-hole, covert, den, of animals.

I Lit.: cum etiam ferae latibulis se tegant, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42: serpens e latibulis, id. Vatin. 2, 4; id. Off. 1, 4, 11: furibunda ferarum, Cat. 63, 54; of men: latibulis occultorum locorum, Cic. Fl. 13, 31: aedium, App. M. 8, p. 215, 26.—

II Trop., a hidingplace, refuge, etc. (syn. receptaculum): latibulum et perfugium doloris mei, Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: quaerere occepit ex diffidentia latibulum aliquod temeritati, App. Mag. 1, p. 274, 4.

In the wild

latibula Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.13.17
latibula Cicero, De Officiis 1.11.p1
latibula Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.23.p1
latibulis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.19.p2
latibula Seneca, De Vita Beata 7.20.6
latibula Catullus, Carmina long_poems.63.54

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Where it came from

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