less proud

gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.

With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

salvum te advenire gaudeo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

venire tu me gaudes?

id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

laudari in bonis gaudent,

id. 5, 12, 22:

in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

iterare culpam,

Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

laedere gaudes,

id. S. 1, 4, 78:

spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

Juv. 9, 84.—

With quod:

sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—

With abl.:

ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

correctione,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

illis,

id. ib. 6, 22:

aequitate justitiaque,

id. ib. 22, 82:

hoc scientiae genere,

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

Liv. 22, 9, 5:

scaena gaudens miraculis,

id. 5, 21, 9:

equis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

equis canibusque,

id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

pictis tabellis,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

carmine (with delectari iambis),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

gaude sorte tua,

id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

id. S. 2, 6, 110:

ero gaude,

i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

Luc. 9, 403.—

Absol.:

tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

gaudebat, me laudabat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

gaudeat an doleat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

Quint. 9, 2, 26:

si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—

With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

jam id gaudeo,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

gaudent natorum fata parentes,

Stat. Th. 4, 231:

tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—

With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

Juv. 9, 136:

crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

Lucr. 3, 72:

in puero,

Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—

Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

Stat. Th. 6, 847:

umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

id. 12, 15, 33 §

66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

Liv. 2, 60, 3:

oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

Quint. 12, 9, 2:

(paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

(vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

Col. 3, 2, 16:

id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—

In partic.

In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

ut in sinu gaudeant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

Cat. 22, 17.—

Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.

With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

salvum te advenire gaudeo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

venire tu me gaudes?

id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

laudari in bonis gaudent,

id. 5, 12, 22:

in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

iterare culpam,

Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

laedere gaudes,

id. S. 1, 4, 78:

spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

Juv. 9, 84.—

With quod:

sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—

With abl.:

ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

correctione,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

illis,

id. ib. 6, 22:

aequitate justitiaque,

id. ib. 22, 82:

hoc scientiae genere,

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

Liv. 22, 9, 5:

scaena gaudens miraculis,

id. 5, 21, 9:

equis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

equis canibusque,

id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

pictis tabellis,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

carmine (with delectari iambis),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

gaude sorte tua,

id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

id. S. 2, 6, 110:

ero gaude,

i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

Luc. 9, 403.—

Absol.:

tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

gaudebat, me laudabat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

gaudeat an doleat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

Quint. 9, 2, 26:

si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—

With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

jam id gaudeo,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

gaudent natorum fata parentes,

Stat. Th. 4, 231:

tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—

With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

Juv. 9, 136:

crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

Lucr. 3, 72:

in puero,

Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—

Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

Stat. Th. 6, 847:

umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

id. 12, 15, 33 §

66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

Liv. 2, 60, 3:

oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

Quint. 12, 9, 2:

(paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

(vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

Col. 3, 2, 16:

id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—

In partic.

In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

ut in sinu gaudeant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

Cat. 22, 17.—

Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

lātus, a, um, adj. [old Lat. stlātus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 313; Sanscr. root star-, strnāmi = sterno; Gr. stor- in stornumi, stratos; Lat. sterno, stratus, torus; cf. strāges, struo; not connected with platus, nor with 3. lātus = tlêtos], broad, wide.

Lit.:

fossa,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59:

mare,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103:

via,

id. ib. 2, 4, 53, §

119: agri,

id. Rep. 5, 2, 3:

clavus,

Quint. 11, 3, 138 (v. clavus):

umeri,

Verg. A. 9, 725; cf.:

artus barbarorum,

Tac. A. 2, 21:

lati et lacertosi viri,

broad-shouldered, Col. 1, 9, 4; Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

rana bove latior,

Phaedr. 1, 24, 5:

palus non latior pedibus quinquaginta,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

latissimum flumen,

id. ib. 2, 27:

latissimae solitudines,

id. ib. 6, 22:

comesse panem tris pedes latum,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 8:

fossae quindecim pedes latae,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

areas latas pedum denum facito,

Col. 2, 10, 26:

populi,

Verg. A. 1, 225:

moenia lata videt,

id. ib. 6, 549:

latis otia fundis,

id. G. 2, 468: ne latos fines parare studeant. Caes. B. G. 6, 21:

ager,

Liv. 23, 46:

orbis,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 57:

terrae,

Ov. M. 2, 307:

lata Polyphemi acies,

wide eye, Juv. 9, 64.— Neutr. absol.:

crescere in latum,

to increase in width, widen, Ov. M. 1, 336.— Absol.:

per latum,

Vulg. Ezech. 46, 22:

in lato pedum centum,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 26, 7.—

Transf., poet., for proud, swelling (cf. Eng. vulg. spreading):

latus ut in circo spatiere,

that you may stalk along largely, proudly, Hor. S. 2, 3, 183:

lati incesserunt et cothurnati (histriones),

Sen. Ep. 76, 31. —

Trop.

In gen., broad, wide, wide-spread, extended (mostly post-Aug.):

vox,

Quint. 11, 3, 82; cf.:

verba,

pronounced broadly, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 46:

gloria,

widespread, Plin. Ep. 4, 12, 7:

lato Murrus caligat in hoste,

Sil. 1, 499:

interpretatio,

broad, not strict, lenient, Dig. 22, 1, 1:

culpa,

great, ib. 50, 16, 213; 11, 6, 1 fin.:

fuga,

a kind of banishment, whereby all places are forbidden to the exile but one, ib. 48, 22, 5.—

In partic., of style, diffuse, detailed, copious, prolix:

oratio Academicorum liberior et latior (opp. Stoicorum oratio astrictior et contractior),

Cic. Brut. 31, 120:

latum atque fusum,

Quint. 11, 3, 50:

latiore varioque tractatu,

id. 7, 3, 16:

latiore quadam comprehensione,

id. 2, 5, 14:

genus orandi latum et sonans,

Tac. H. 1, 90:

Aeschines his latior et audentior,

Quint. 12, 10, 23.— Hence, adv.: lātē, broadly, widely, extensively; with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere.

Lit.:

late longeque diffusus,

Cic. Leg. 1, 12, 34:

omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis,

Caes. B. G. 4, 35:

minus late vagari,

id. ib. 1, 2:

regnare,

Just. 13, 7:

populus late rex,

Verg. A. 1, 21; cf.:

diu Lateque victrix,

Hor. C. 4, 4, 23:

cladem inferre,

Tac. H. 3, 23.— Comp.:

latius demum operaest pretium ivisse,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

itaque latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus),

Liv. 21, 11:

possidere (agros),

Ov. M. 5, 131:

metui,

Tac. A. 12, 43. — Sup.:

ager latissime continuatus,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 70:

quam latissime possint, ignes faciant,

Nep. Eum. 9, 3.—

Trop.: ars late patet, widely. Cic. de Or. 1, 55, 235:

Phrygiae late refer primordia gentis,

Ov. H. 17, 57.— Comp.:

latius loquuntur rhetores, dialectici compressius,

Cic. Fin. 2, 6, 17: quod [p. 1042] pateat latius, of rather extensive application, Cic. Off. 3, 4, 19:

latius perscribere,

Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

uti opibus,

more lavishly, Hor. S. 2, 2, 113.— Sup.:

fidei bonae nomen latissime manat,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 70:

latissime patere,

id. ib. 3, 17, 69.

lătus, ĕris, n. [cf. Gr. platus; Lat. lăter, Latium, plautus or plotus], the side, flank of men or animals.

Lit.:

ego vostra faciam latera lorea,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 2: quid conminatu's mihi? Con. Istud male factum arbitror, quia non latus fodi, id. Aul. 3, 2, 4:

occidisse ex equo dicitur, et latus offendisse vehementer,

Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

cujus latus ille mucro petebat,

id. Lig. 3, 9:

laterique accommodat ensem,

Verg. A. 2, 393; Quint. 2, 13, 12; 11, 3, 69; 118:

laterum inclinatione forti ac virili,

id. 1, 11, 18: vellere latus digitis, to twitch one by the side (in order to attract attention), Ov. A. A. 1, 606; cf.:

si tetigit latus acrior,

Juv. 7, 109:

tum latus ei dicenti condoluisse... dieque septimo est lateris dolore consumptus,

pleurisy, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6; so,

lateris dolor,

Cato, R. R. 125; Cels. 2, 7; 8; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155:

lateris vigili cum febre dolor,

Juv. 13, 229; cf.:

laterum dolor aut tussis,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 32: artifices lateris, i. e. those who make skilful side movements or evolutions, ballet-dancers, Ov. A. A. 3, 351:

latus tegere alicui,

to walk by the side of one, Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

claudere alicui,

Juv. 3, 131; and:

mares inter se uxoresque contendunt, uter det latus illis (sc. pantomimis),

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3.—Of animals:

equorum,

Lucr. 5, 1324:

cujus (equi aënei) in lateribus fores essent,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38.—

Of orators, the lungs:

lateribus aut clamore contendere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255:

quae vox, quae latera, quae vires, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 30, § 67:

ut lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis,

Quint. 1, 11, 8; cf.:

lateris pectorisve firmitas an capitis etiam plus adjuvet,

id. 11, 3, 16; so id. 11, 3, 40:

dum vox ac latus praeparetur,

id. 10, 7, 2; 11, 3, 13:

voce, latere, firmitate (constat orator),

id. 12, 11, 2:

neque enim ex te umquam es nobilitatus, sed ex lateribus et lacertis tuis,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27:

cum legem Voconiam voce magna et bonis lateribus suasissem,

id. ib. 5, 14:

illa adhuc audaciora et majorum, ut Cicero existimat, laterum,

Quint. 9, 1, 29.—

Poet., in mal. part., Lucil. ap. Non. 260, 30; Ov. H. 2, 58; 19, 138; Prop. 2, 2, 12:

lateri parcere,

Juv. 6, 37.—

Transf., in gen.

The side, flank, lateral surface of a thing (opp. frons and tergum;

v. h. vv.): collis ex utraque parte lateris dejectus habebat et in frontem leniter fastigatus paulatim ad planiciem redibat,

on each side, Caes. B. G. 2, 8; cf. Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 202:

terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior,

Cic. Rep. 6, 20, 21:

latus unum castrorum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 5:

insula, cujus unum latus est contra Galliam,

id. ib. 5, 13:

et (Fibrenus) divisus aequaliter in duas partis latera haec (insulae) adluit,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6.—Of a maritime country, the coast, seaboard:

Illyricum,

Juv. 8, 117:

castelli,

Sall. J. 93:

tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus,

the ship's side, Verg. A. 1, 105:

ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctus,

Ov. M. 11, 529:

nudum remigio,

Hor. C. 1, 14, 4; id. Epod. 10, 3:

dextrum (domus),

id. Ep. 1, 16, 6:

mundi,

id. C. 1, 22, 19:

crystallus sexangulis nascitur lateribus,

surfaces, Plin. 37, 2, 9, § 26.—Of an army, the flank, Tac. Agr. 35:

reliquos equites ad latera disponit,

Caes. B. G. 6, 7:

ex itinere nostros latere aperto aggressi,

id. ib. 1, 25; cf. id. ib. 2, 23 fin.:

ad latus apertum hostium constitui,

id. ib. 4, 25:

ne simul in frontem, simul in latera, pugnaretur,

Tac. Agr. 35.—So in fighting: latus dare, to expose one's side or flank to the adversary, Val. Fl. 4, 304 (v. II. A. infra).—

Esp. freq.: a (ab) latere, on or at the side or flank; a or ab lateribus, on or at the sides or flanks (opp. a fronte, in front, before, and a tergo, at the back, behind):

a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur,

Cic. Phil. 3, 13, 32:

a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat,

Caes. B. C. 1, 25 fin.; id. B. G. 2, 25:

ab omni latere securus,

Amm. 16, 9, 3:

ab latere aggredi,

Liv. 27, 48:

disjectos ab tergo aut lateribus circumveniebant,

Sall. J. 50 fin.:

ne quis inermibus militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset,

Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

Sulla profligatis iis, quos advorsum ierat, rediens ab latere Mauris incurrit,

Sall. J. 101, 8: si ex hac causa unda prorumperet, a lateribus undae circumfunderentur, Sen. Q. N. 6, 6, 4:

a lateribus, a fronte, quasi tria maria prospectat,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 5.—

Less freq. with ex:

latere ex utroque,

Lucr. 2, 1049:

ex lateribus aggredi aliquem,

Sall. C. 60:

tribus ex lateribus (locus) tegebatur,

Hirt. B. Alex. 28, 4:

ex alio latere cubiculum est politissimum,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 10:

omni ex latere armorum molibus urgeri,

Amm. 19, 7, 7.—

With de:

de latere ire,

Lucr. 6, 117.—Without prep.:

alio latere,

Tac. A. 3, 74.—

Poet. (pars pro toto), the body:

penna latus vestit, tenet,

Ov. M. 2, 376:

nunc latus in fulvis niveum deponit harenis,

id. ib. 2, 865; cf. id. ib. 3, 23;

14, 710: forte,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 26:

fessum longā militiā,

id. C. 2, 7, 18:

credidit tauro latus,

id. ib. 3, 27, 26:

liminis aut aquae Caelestis patiens latus,

id. ib. 3, 10, 20.—

Trop.

In gen.: in latera atque in terga incurrere, to attack the sides, i. e. the unguarded points, Quint. 9, 1, 20:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

encompass on every side, Hor. S. 2, 6, 34:

ut a sems latere numquam discederem,

never left his side, Cic. Lael. 1, 1; cf.: aliquem lateri alicujus adjungere, to attach to his side, i. e. to give him for a companion, Quint. 1, 2, 5; so,

alicui latus dare, of a client,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 32, 3 (cf. B. 1. infra):

lateri adhaerere gravem dominum,

hung about them, threatened them, Liv. 39, 25:

Illyriorum rex, lateri ejus haerens, assiduis precibus promissa exigebat,

Just. 29, 4, 8; cf.:

Agathocles regis lateri junctus, civitatem regebat,

id. 30, 2, 5:

circumfusa turba lateri meo,

Liv. 6, 15.—Esp.:

sacpe dabis nudum latus,

expose, Tib. 1, 4, 52:

la. tus imperii nudum,

Flor. 3, 5, 4:

nec adulatoribus latus praebeas,

expose yourself, lay yourself open to, Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.: latere tecto abscedere, i. e safe, unharmed, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 5:

hic fugit omnes Insidias nullique malo latus obdit apertum,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 59:

ex uno latere constat contractus,

on one side, Dig. 19, 1, 13 fin.; so ib. 3, 5, 5:

nulla ex utroque latere nascitur actio,

ib. 3, 5, 6, § 4.—

In partic.

To express intimacy, attachment:

latus alicui cingere,

to cling to, Liv. 32, 39, 8; esp. in the phrase: ab latere, at the side of, i. e. in intimate association with (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.):

ab latere tyranni: addit eos ab latere tyranni,

Liv. 24, 5, 13; Curt. 3, 5, 15; cf.:

ille tuum, Castrice, dulce latus,

your constant associate, Mart. 6, 68, 4.—

Relationship, kindred, esp. collateral relationship (post-Aug.):

quibus (liberis) videor a meo tuoque latere pronum ad honores iter relicturus,

Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

sunt et ex lateribus cognati ut fratres sororesque,

Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 8:

ex latere uxorem ducere,

ib. 23, 2, 68:

latus omne divinae domus,

Stat. S. 5 praef.: omnes personae cognatorum aut supra numerantur, aut infra, aut ex transverso, sive a latere... a latere, fratres et sorores, liberique eorum; item parentium fratres et sorores liberique eorum, (Ulp.) de Grad. Cogn. 2 ap. Huschke, Jurisp. Antejust. p. 530.

lātus, a, um, Part., v. fero.