[ˈɫaː.tʊs], [ˈlaː.tus]
OriginEarlier *tlātus, from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós, from the root *telh₂-.
Compare Ancient Greek τλάντος (tlántos, “bearing, suffering”), τολμέω (tolméō, “to carry, bear”), τελαμών (telamṓn, “broad strap for bearing something”), Ἄτλας (Átlas, “the 'Bearer' of Heaven”), Lithuanian tiltas (“bridge”), Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), तुलयति (tulayati, “lifts up, weighs”), Latin tollō (“to bear, support”), tulī (“I bore”), tolerō (“bear, endure”), tellūs (“bearing earth”), Old English þolian (“to endure”) (English thole), Old Armenian թողում (tʻołum, “I allow”).
- declension-1, declension-2, participleborne, carried, having been carried
- declension-1, declension-2, participlesuffered, endured, having been suffered
- declension-1, declension-2, participlereported, having been reported
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2wide, broad
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2spacious, extensive
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2wide-ranging
“vagantur incūstōdītae lāta per arva bovēs” — cattle wander unguarded through spacious fields
- declension-3, neuterside, flank
- declension-3, neuterside (e.g., of a shape)
“Duabus portis ab utroque latere turrium” — from two gates on each sides of the turrets
Formslātus(canonical) · lāta(feminine) · lātum(neuter) · lātus(masculine, nominative, singular) · lāta(feminine, nominative, singular) · lātum(neuter, nominative, singular) · lātī(masculine, nominative, plural) · lātae(feminine, nominative, plural) · lāta(neuter, nominative, plural) · lātī(genitive, masculine, singular) · lātae(feminine, genitive, singular) · lātī(genitive, neuter, singular) · lātōrum(genitive, masculine, plural) · lātārum(feminine, genitive, plural) · lātōrum(genitive, neuter, plural) · lātō(dative, masculine, singular) · lātae(dative, feminine, singular) · lātō(dative, neuter, singular) · lātīs(dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural) · lātum(accusative, masculine, singular)