lateribus

lateribus is a Latin form of latus, meaning “wide, broad; (noun) side, flank”.

It can also be a form of later, “brick”. It is the ablative plural masculine noun or ablative plural neuter noun or dative plural neuter noun.

Found 102 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.8.4: et ad extremas fossas castella constituit ibique tormenta conlocavit, ne, cum aciem instruxisset, hostes, quod tantum multitudine poterant, ab lateribus pugnantes suos circumvenire possent.

All forms of latus (declension 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.