latebra ae, f
LAT-,
a hiding-place, lurkinghole, covert, retreat
: non invenio quae latebra esse possit,
etc.—Usu. plur: latebris aut saltibus se
eripere, Cs.: te in latebras impellere:
latebras animae recludit,
hidden seat of life
, V.: teli latebras Rescindant penitus,
i. e.
cut out the arrowhead
, V.—Fig.,
a lurking-place, hidden recess, retreat
: adhibuit etiam latebram obscuritatis: in tabellae
latebrā: latebras suspitionum peragrare. —
A subterfuge, shift, cloak, pretence, feigned excuse
: latebram haberes: ne quaeratur latebra periurio: latebras
dare vitiis, O.