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|lshtext=<b>Lătĭum</b>: ii, n. 2. lătus; Sanscr. [[root]] prath-, to [[spread]] or [[widen]]; cf. Lat. [[later]], etc.; [[prop]]., the plains or [[flat]]-[[land]]; by the ancients referred to latēre, [[because]] here [[Saturnus]] [[lay]] [[concealed]] from his [[son]], Ov. F. 1, 238; Verg. A. 8, 322; Arn. 4, 143; Lact. 1, 13; or to [[Latinus]], the [[name]] of the [[mythical]] [[king]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 32 Müll.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[country]] of [[Italy]], in [[which]] [[Rome]] [[was]] [[situated]], [[now]] Campagna di [[Roma]], and a [[part]] of the Terra di Lavoro, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54; Enn. ap. Acro. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 455); Cic. Rep. 2, 24, 44; Liv. 6, 21; 8, 13; Hor. C. 1, 12, 53; 1, 35, 10; id. C. S. 66; Mel. 3, 4, 2; consisting of [[two]] parts: [[Latium]] [[vetus]], Tac. A. 4, 5; or antiquum, Verg. A. 7, 38; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 56; [[which]] [[was]] the [[original]] [[territory]] governed by [[Rome]] [[before]] the [[subjugation]] of the Æqui and [[Volsci]], and: [[Latium]] novum, or adjectum, [[originally]] the [[territory]] of the Æqui, [[Volsci]], [[Hernici]], and [[Aurunci]], Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Jus Latii, the [[political]] rights and privileges [[which]] belonged [[originally]] to the [[Latins]], [[but]] were [[afterwards]] granted by the Romans to [[other]] [[people]]; this jus comprehended [[less]] [[than]] [[civitas]] Romana, [[but]] [[more]] [[than]] [[peregrinitas]] (cf. [[latinitas]] and Latini): [[eodem]] [[anno]] [[Caesar]] nationes Alpium maritimarum in jus Latii transtulit, Tac. A. 15, 32. —Also called [[Latium]] [[alone]]: aut majus est [[Latium]] aut [[minus]]; majus est [[Latium]], cum et hi, qui decuriones leguntur, et ei qui honorem aliquem aut magistratum gerunt, civitatem Romanam consecuntur; [[minus]] [[Latium]] est, cum hi [[tantum]], qui vel magistratum vel honorem gerunt, ad civitatem Romanam perveniunt, Gai. Inst. 1, 96; cf.: [[Latium]] externis dilargiri, Tac. H. 3, 55: Latio [[dato]], Plin. 5, 2, 1, § 20: Latio donata oppida, id. 3, 1, 3, § 7.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lătĭ-us, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Latium]], Latian, Latin ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): agri, the Latin [[territory]], Ov. F. 2, 553; 3, 606; 5, 91: [[gens]], id. ib. 4, 42; id. M. 14, 832: [[lingua]], id. P. 2, 3, 75: [[palmes]], vines growing in [[Latium]], id. F. 4, 894: boves, Col. 6, 1, 2. —Poet., for Roman: [[turba]], the Roman [[people]], Ov. F. 1, 639: parentes, id. ib. 3, 243; cf. matres, id. ib. 4, 133: [[annus]], the Roman [[year]], id. ib. 1, 1: vulnera, of Roman soldiers, id. A. A. 1, 414.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Lătīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Latium]], Latin.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adj.: populi, the [[Latins]], Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 28 Müll. (Ann. v. 24 Vahl.); cf. [[genus]], the [[Latins]], Romans, Verg. A. 1, 6: [[lingua]], the Latin [[language]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 1 Müll.; cf. opp. Graeca, Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10: poëtae, opp. [[Graeci]], id. Ac. 1, 3, 10: via, [[beginning]] at the Porta Latina, [[near]] the Porta [[Capena]], id. Clu. 59, 163; Liv. 2, 39; 10, 36 al.: [[dies]], the days of the Roman calendar, the Roman [[year]], Ov. F. 3, 177: [[feriae]], the [[festival]] of the [[allied]] [[Latins]], [[which]] [[was]] [[celebrated]] [[especially]] by offerings to [[Juppiter]] Latiaris on Mons [[Albanus]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 25 Müll.; Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 15; Liv. 21, 63; 22, 1; [[more]] freq. absol.;<br /> v. [[infra]]), adj., of or belonging to [[Latium]], Latin.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form [[Latialis]]: [[populus]], the [[Latins]], Romans, Ov. M. 15, 481: [[sermo]], Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7: [[Juppiter]], Luc. 1, 198; [[hence]], also, [[caput]], a [[statue]] of Jupiter, id. 1, 535.—Lătĭālĭter, adv., in the Latin [[manner]] ([[post]] - [[class]].): peplo [[circa]] umeros [[involuto]] Latialiter tegebatur, Mart. Cap. 5 init.: [[nihil]] effari, id. 6, § 587: te Latialiter sonantem, Sid. Carm. 23, 235 (al. Latiariter).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form Latiaris: Latiaris [[sancte]] [[Juppiter]] ([[Juppiter]] Latiaris [[was]] the [[guardian]] [[deity]] of the Latin [[confederacy]], to whom the [[feriae]] [[Latinae]] were [[consecrated]]), Cic. Mil. 31, 85: [[Juppiter]], Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 43 Sillig. N. cr.: [[collis]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.: [[doctrina]] Latiaris, Macr. S. 1, 2.—Adv.: Lătĭārĭter,<br /> v. in the preced. 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Hence, subst.: Lătĭar, āris, n., the [[festival]] of Jupiter Latiaris: confectum erat Latiar, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 2; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16, 16.
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|gf=<b>Lătĭum</b>,¹⁰ ĭī, n., le [[Latium]] [contrée d’Italie] : Cic. Rep. 2, 44 ; Arch. 5, etc. ; Liv. 6, 21 &#124;&#124; [[jus]] Latii, cf. [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 96, et simpl<sup>t</sup> [[Latium]] Tac. H. 3, 55, le droit latin ou latial ; [[Latium]] dare, Latio donare Plin. 5, 20 ; 3, 7, donner le droit latin.||[[jus]] Latii, cf. [[Gaius]] Inst. 1, 96, et simpl<sup>t</sup> [[Latium]] Tac. H. 3, 55, le droit latin ou latial ; [[Latium]] dare, Latio donare Plin. 5, 20 ; 3, 7, donner le droit latin.
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