latus

latus eris, n Source etymology: PLAT- , the side, flank : cuius latus mucro petebat: lateri adcommodat ensem, V.: si tetigit latus acrior, nudged , Iu.: lateris dolore consumptus, pleurisy : lateris vigili cum febre dolor, Iu.: utne tegam Damae latus, walk beside , H.: servi claudit latus, gives the wall to , Iu.: negotia circa saliunt latus, encompass , H.: a senis latere numquam discedere, never leave his side.—The side, body, person : latere tecto abscedere, unharmed , T.: Penna latus vestit, tenet, O.: fessum longā militiā, H.—Of speakers, the lungs : nobilitatus ex lateribus et lacertis tuis: legem bonis lateribus suadere.—Of things, the side, flank, lateral surface : terra angusta verticibus, lateribus latior: latus unum castrorum, Cs.: Illyricum, coast , Iu.: castelli, S.: tum prora avertit et undis Dat latus, the ship's side , V.: ubi pulsarunt acres latera ardua fluctūs, O.: Nudum remigio, H.—Of an army, the flank, wing, side : equites ad latera disponit, on the wings , Cs.: latere tecto abscedere, with flank protected , i. e. safely , T.: latere aperto, the flank exposed , Cs.: ne in frontem simul et latera pugnaretur, Ta.: latere inde sinistro petit, farther to the left , O.: a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, on the sides : ab utroque latere, Cs.: ab latere adgredi, L.: ex lateribus ceteros adgreditur, S.—Fig., the person, life : regi latus cingebant, attached themselves closely , L.: lateri adhaerere gravem dominum, was pressing upon them , L.: addit eos ab latere tyranni, the intimates , L.