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χωρίον ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ → a spot where it is not accessible to death, a place where was no point accessible by death, a place where death was forbidden to set foot
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|lshtext=<b>lătē̆bra</b>: ae, f. [[lateo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[hiding]]-[[place]], [[lurking]]-[[hole]], [[covert]], [[retreat]] ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in | |lshtext=<b>lătē̆bra</b>: ae, f. [[lateo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[hiding]]-[[place]], [[lurking]]-[[hole]], [[covert]], [[retreat]] ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in plur.;<br /> v. [[infra]], II. B.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: ([[aurum]]) in latebris situm est, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 2: [[itaque]] in totis aedibus [[tenebrae]], latebrae, id. Poen. 4, 2, 13: latebris ac silvis aut saltibus se eripere, Caes. B. G. 6, 43: Cappadociae latebris se occultare, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: aliquem in latebras impellere, id. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: at Scyllam caecis cohibet [[spelunca]] latebris, Verg. A. 3, 424: tum latebras animae, [[pectus]] mucrone recludit, the [[hidden]] [[seat]] of [[life]], id. ib. 10, 601: solis [[defectus]] lunaeque latebrae, i. e. eclipses of the [[moon]], Lucr. 5, 751. —In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>, Cic. Cael. 26, 62: [[extractus]] e [[latebra]], Suet. Vit. 17; id. Ner. 48: bellorum, a [[place]] of [[refuge]] from [[war]], Luc. 5, 743: teli, the [[weapon]]'s [[lurking]]-[[place]], i. e. the [[place]] [[where]] the [[arrow]]-[[head]] [[was]] sticking in his [[body]], Verg. A. 12, 389.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen., a [[lurking]]-[[place]], [[hidden]] [[recess]], [[retreat]]: in latebras abscondas (stultitiam) pectore penitissumo, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 64; Lucr. 1, 408: cum [[illa]] conjuratio ex latebris [[atque]] ex tenebris erupisset, Cic. Sest. 4, 9: latebras suspicionum peragrare, id. Cael. 22, 53; Quint. 12, 9, 3.—In <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>: adhibuit [[etiam]] latebram obscuritatis, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 111: in tabellae [[latebra]], id. Fam. 3, 12, 1: scribendi, a [[secret]] [[mode]] of [[writing]], a [[writing]] in [[cipher]], Gell. 17, 9, 4.—<br /> <b>B</b> In partic., a [[subterfuge]], [[shift]], [[cloak]], [[pretence]], [[feigned]] [[excuse]] ([[only]] in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]>): latebram haberes, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107: magnificam in latebram conjecisti, id. Div. 2, 20, 46: videant, ne quaeratur [[latebra]] perjurio, id. Off. 3, 29, 106: latebram [[dare]] vitiis, Ov. A. A. 3, 754. | ||
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Revision as of 09:24, 13 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lătē̆bra: ae, f. lateo,
I a hiding-place, lurking-hole, covert, retreat (class.; most freq. in plur.;
v. infra, II. B.).
I Lit.: (aurum) in latebris situm est, Plaut. Aul. 4, 2, 2: itaque in totis aedibus tenebrae, latebrae, id. Poen. 4, 2, 13: latebris ac silvis aut saltibus se eripere, Caes. B. G. 6, 43: Cappadociae latebris se occultare, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: aliquem in latebras impellere, id. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: at Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, Verg. A. 3, 424: tum latebras animae, pectus mucrone recludit, the hidden seat of life, id. ib. 10, 601: solis defectus lunaeque latebrae, i. e. eclipses of the moon, Lucr. 5, 751. —In <number opt="n">sing.</number>, Cic. Cael. 26, 62: extractus e latebra, Suet. Vit. 17; id. Ner. 48: bellorum, a place of refuge from war, Luc. 5, 743: teli, the weapon's lurking-place, i. e. the place where the arrow-head was sticking in his body, Verg. A. 12, 389.—
II Trop.
A In gen., a lurking-place, hidden recess, retreat: in latebras abscondas (stultitiam) pectore penitissumo, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 64; Lucr. 1, 408: cum illa conjuratio ex latebris atque ex tenebris erupisset, Cic. Sest. 4, 9: latebras suspicionum peragrare, id. Cael. 22, 53; Quint. 12, 9, 3.—In <number opt="n">sing.</number>: adhibuit etiam latebram obscuritatis, Cic. Div. 2, 45, 111: in tabellae latebra, id. Fam. 3, 12, 1: scribendi, a secret mode of writing, a writing in cipher, Gell. 17, 9, 4.—
B In partic., a subterfuge, shift, cloak, pretence, feigned excuse (only in <number opt="n">sing.</number>): latebram haberes, Cic. Fin. 2, 33, 107: magnificam in latebram conjecisti, id. Div. 2, 20, 46: videant, ne quaeratur latebra perjurio, id. Off. 3, 29, 106: latebram dare vitiis, Ov. A. A. 3, 754.
