latitudo
ῥᾴδιον φθείρειν φαρμακεύσεσιν ἢ ἀποτροπαῖς ἢ καὶ κλοπαῖς → easy to spoil by means of sorcery or diverting or theft
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lātĭtūdo: ĭnis, f. 1. latus,
I breadth, width of any thing (class.).
I Lit.: in hac immensitate latitudinum, longitudinum, altitudinum, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 54: fossae, Caes. B. G. 2, 12: castra amplius milibus passuum VIII. in latitudinem patebant, id. ib. 2, 7 fin.: patere in latitudinem, id. ib. 2, 8; Plin. 3 prooem. § 3; cf. Quint. 1, 10, 42; 11, 3, 141: vires umerorum et latitudines ad aratra extrahenda, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. —
B Transf., in gen., extent, size, compass: possessionum, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 67.—
II Trop. (very rare): verborum, a broad pronunciation, Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91: Platonica, richness or copiousness of expression, Plin. Ep. 1, 10, 5 (for the Gr. πλατύτης τῆς ἑρμη νείας, called amplitudo Platonis, Cic. Or. 1, 5).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) lātĭtūdō,¹¹ ĭnis, f. (latus 2),
1 largeur : Cic. Nat. 1, 54 ; Cæs. G. 2, 12, 2
2 ampleur, étendue : Cic. Agr. 2, 67 ; Cæs. G. 3, 20, 1
3 [fig.] a) verborum Cic. de Or. 2, 91, prononciation appuyée, accent traînant ; b) ampleur du style : Plin. Min. Ep. 1, 10, 5.
(2) lătĭtūdō, ĭnis, f. (lateo), action de se tenir caché : C. Aur. Chron. 4, 3, 67.
