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latro

latro · v. n

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Where it lives

Oratio Consulis Ausonii Versibus Rhopalicis 1 · 47.39/10k
Controversiae 157 · 23.8/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 7 · 22.24/10k
Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 5 · 21.6/10k
Metamorphoses 62 · 11.62/10k
Ordo Urbium Nobilium 1 · 9.56/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 10 · 9.51/10k
Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 1 · 7.71/10k
Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Probus 3 · 7.28/10k
Suasoriae 7 · 6.81/10k

Densest 12 of 138 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lātro — Lewis & Short

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and

I a. [cf. Gr. loidore/w and latra/zein = barbari/zein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

I Lit.: si canes latrent, Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066: ne latret canis, Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.): canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet, Curt. 7, 4, 13: canino rictu, Juv. 10, 272.—Impers. pass.: scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse, Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

(b) Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay: senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes, Hor. Epod. 5, 57: cervinam pellem, id. Ep. 1, 2, 66: nubila, Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.: latrari a canibus, Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

(g) Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog (poet.): inmeriti fatum latrantis, Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

B Transf.

1 To resound, roar, of water (poet.): latrantes undae, Sil. 5, 396: (amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis, id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

2 In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster: latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur, Cic. Brut. 15, 58: rumperis et latras, Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

(b) Act., to bark at: si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit, Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

II Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

A In gen.: multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat, Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.): admoto latrant praecordia tactu, rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13: curae latrantes, Petr. 119.—

(b) Act.: magnas latrantia pectora curas, Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

B In partic.

1 To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf. Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet, Hor. S. 2, 2, 17: nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc., Lucr. 2, 17.—

2 Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth: hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine, Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

2. lā^tro — Lewis & Short

lā^tro, ōnis, m.Gr. la/tris, root la-, lav-, in la/w, lei/a; cf. lucrum,

I a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers: latrones, quos conduxi, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3: nam hic latro in Sparta fuit, id. Poen. 3, 3, 50: latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

II Transf.

A A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. a)po\ th=s latrei/as. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.: hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt, Dig. 50, 16, 118: vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis? Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75: collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17: erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur, Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.: cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator, Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145: ne quis fur esset, neu latro, Hor. S. 1, 3, 106: quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc., Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40: quaestio latronum, Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13: qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit, id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.—Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

B For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn (poet.): latronum proelia, Ov. A. A. 3, 357: ludere bella latronum, Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf. vitreo latrone, id. 7, 72, 8.

3. Lā^tro — Lewis & Short

Lā^tro, ōnis, m.,

I a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

II Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian: color, Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.

In the wild

latrones Historia Augusta, Firmus Saturninus, Proculus et Bonosus 13
latrone Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5.9.4
latrones Sallust, Catilina 28.p2
latret Horace, Satyrarum libri 1.2.128
latro Ausonius, Oratio Consulis Ausonii Versibus Rhopalicis 3.35
latrone Cicero, Philippicae 2.6

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