Dictionary formlatus, lateris(neuter)
Translation
side; flank
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | latus | latera |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | latus | latera |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | latus | latera |
| Genitiveof | lateris | laterum |
| Dativeto, for | lateri | lateribus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | latere | lateribus |
Examples
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The enemy came from both sides.
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The sides of the mountain are full of rocks.
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He received a wound in his side.
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The enemy made an attack on our flank.
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The horse fell on its side.
Three different words share this spelling, and the frequency count cannot tell them apart. This page is the noun. Latus, lateris, n., third declension, is a side: the flank of a body, a hill or an army, and in the plural latera the ribs, hence latera firma for a strong pair of lungs. A latere, "from the side", gives the papal legate a latere and English lateral, bilateral and collateral.
Latus, lata, latum is a separate adjective, "broad, wide" (its own page, latus1), with comparative latior, adverb late and the abstract noun latitudo. And latus is also the perfect participle of fero, "carried", which is where translate, relate and oblate come from. Only the case endings separate them: lateris and latere belong to the noun, lati and lata to the adjective, and context settles the participle.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 3, lesson 8: latus, consilium, ventus and 7 more words.