lateo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *latēō (“to be hidden”), from earlier *latējō, from Proto-Indo-European *l̥h₂t-éh₁ye-ti (“hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”).

Compare cognate Doric Greek λᾱ́θω (lā́thō, “to escape notice”), variant of Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō);´also compare Ionic Greek λάθρῃ (láthrēi, “secretly, by stealth; unbeknownst to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.te.oː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.te.o/, [ˈläːt̪eo]

Verb

lateō (present infinitive latēre, perfect active latuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk

   Latet anguis in herbā. ― A snake hides in the grass.

   Sub nōmine pācis bellum latet. ― War lurks under the name of peace.

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.72:

     posita sub nive terra latet

     the earth lies hidden under fallen snow

2. to keep out of sight
3. to be hidden and in safety
4. to live in concealment; to live retired
5. (intransitive, transitive) to escape notice, remain unknown

   Bene quī latuit, bene vīxit. ― He who has well remained unknown has lived well.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.130:

     nec latuēre dolī frātrem Jūnōnis et īrae

     Nor did the tricks and the angers of Juno escape her brother's notice.

6. to be obscure or unknown, lie hidden

   Id quā ratiōne cōnsecūtus sit latet. ― It is unknown how he obtained that.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of lateō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lateō		latēs		latet		latēmus		latētis		latent
	imperfect	latēbam		latēbās		latēbat		latēbāmus		latēbātis		latēbant
	future	latēbō		latēbis		latēbit		latēbimus		latēbitis		latēbunt
	perfect	latuī		latuistī		latuit		latuimus		latuistis		latuērunt, latuēre
	pluperfect	latueram		latuerās		latuerat		latuerāmus		latuerātis		latuerant
	future perfect	latuerō		latueris		latuerit		latuerimus		latueritis		latuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	lateam		lateās		lateat		lateāmus		lateātis		lateant
	imperfect	latērem		latērēs		latēret		latērēmus		latērētis		latērent
	perfect	latuerim		latuerīs		latuerit		latuerīmus		latuerītis		latuerint
	pluperfect	latuissem		latuissēs		latuisset		latuissēmus		latuissētis		latuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		latē		—		—		latēte		—
	future	—		latētō		latētō		—		latētōte		latentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		latēre			—			latēns			—
perfect		latuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		latendī		latendō		latendum		latendō		—		—

Antonyms

• appāreō

Derived terms

• latebra
• latēns
• latenter
• latēscō
• latibulum
• latitās
• latitō
• perlateō

Related terms

• latebricola
• latebrōsē
• latebrōsus
• latibulor
• latitābundus
• latitātiō

References

• “lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lateo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to belong to the king's bodyguard: a latere regis esse
    
• lateo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016