| Latian |
a. |
Belonging, or relating, to Latium, a country of ancient Italy. See Latin. |
| Latibula |
pl. |
of Latibulum |
| Latibulize |
v. i. |
To retire into a den, or hole, and lie dormant in winter; to retreat and lie hid. |
| Latibulized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Latibulize |
| Latibulizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Latibulize |
| Latibulum |
n. |
A concealed hiding place; a burrow; a lair; a hole. |
| Laticiferous |
a. |
Containing the latex;
applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found. |
| Laticlave |
n. |
A broad stripe of purple on the fore part of the tunic, worn by senators in ancient Rome as an emblem of office. |
| Laticostate |
a. |
Broad-ribbed. |
| Latidentate |
a. |
Broad-toothed. |
| Latifoliate |
a. |
Alt. of Latifolious |
| Latifolious |
a. |
Having broad leaves. |
| Latigo |
n. |
A strap for tightening a saddle girth. |
| Latigo halter |
|
A kind of halter usually made of raw hide. |
| Latimer |
n. |
An interpreter. [Obs.] Coke. |
| Latin |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Latium, or to the Latins, a people of Latium; Roman; as, the Latin language. |
| Latin |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or composed in, the language used by the Romans or Latins; as, a Latin grammar; a Latin composition or idiom. |
| Latin |
n. |
A native or inhabitant of Latium; a Roman. |
| Latin |
n. |
The language of the ancient Romans. |
| Latin |
n. |
An exercise in schools, consisting in turning English into Latin. |
| Latin |
n. |
A member of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Latin |
v. t. |
To write or speak in Latin; to turn or render into Latin. |
| Latinism |
n. |
A Latin idiom; a mode of speech peculiar to Latin; also, a mode of speech in another language, as English, formed on a Latin model. |
| Latinist |
n. |
One skilled in Latin; a Latin scholar. |
| Latinistic |
a. |
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. |
| Latinitaster |
n. |
One who has but a smattering of Latin. |
| Latinity |
n. |
The Latin tongue, style, or idiom, or the use thereof; specifically, purity of Latin style or idiom. |
| Latinization |
n. |
The act or process of Latinizing, as a word, language, or country. |
| Latinize |
v. t. |
To give Latin terminations or forms to, as to foreign words, in writing Latin. |
| Latinize |
v. t. |
To bring under the power or influence of the Romans or Latins; to affect with the usages of the Latins, especially in speech. |
| Latinize |
v. t. |
To make like the Roman Catholic Church or diffuse its ideas in; as, to Latinize the Church of England. |
| Latinize |
v. i. |
To use words or phrases borrowed from the Latin. |
| Latinize |
v. i. |
To come under the influence of the Romans, or of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| Latinized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Latinize |
| Latinizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Latinize |
| Latinly |
adv. |
In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin. |
| Lation |
n. |
Transportation; conveyance. |
| Latirostral |
a. |
Alt. of Latirostrous |
| Latirostres |
n. pl. |
The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies. |
| Latirostrous |
a. |
Having a broad beak. |
| Latish |
a. |
Somewhat late. |
| Latisternal |
a. |
Having a broad breastbone, or sternum;
said of anthropoid apes. |
| Latitancy |
n. |
Act or state of lying hid, or lurking. |
| Latitant |
a. |
Lying hid; concealed; latent. |
| Latitat |
n. |
A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding. |
| Latitation |
n. |
A lying in concealment; hiding. |
| Latitude |
n. |
Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width. |
| Latitude |
n. |
Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence. |
| Latitude |
n. |
Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc. |
| Latitude |
n. |
Extent; size; amplitude; scope. |
| Latitude |
n. |
Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian. |
| Latitude |
n. |
The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. |
| Latitudinal |
a. |
Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude. |
| Latitudinarian |
a. |
Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. |
| Latitudinarian |
a. |
Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology. |
| Latitudinarian |
a. |
Lax in moral or religious principles. |
| Latitudinarian |
n. |
One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking. |
| Latitudinarian |
n. |
A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed. |
| Latitudinarian |
n. |
One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy. |
| Latitudinarianism |
n. |
A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief. |
| Latitudinous |
a. |
Having latitude, or wide extent. |
