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latent

latent is a Latin form of lateo, meaning “lie hidden, escape notice”. It is the 3rd person plural present active indicative.

Found 78 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.39: … are. commune est hoc malum, communis metus, commune periculum. nullae sunt occultiores insidiae quam eae quae latent in simulatione offici aut in aliquo necessitudinis nomine. nam eum qui palam est adversarius facile cavendo v …

Plautus, Pseudolus 1.2.203: úbi sunt, ubi latént quibus aetas íntegra est, qui amant á lenone?

Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Africo 7: … o equites Mauri neque opinantibus Caesarianis adorti multos iaculis convulnerarunt, non nullos interfecerunt. Latent enim in insidiis cum equis inter convallis ut subito exsistant, non ut in campo comminus depugnent.

All forms of lateo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.