latebra

English

Etymology

From Latin latebra (“hidden recess”). Doublet of latibulum.

Noun

latebra (plural latebrae)

1. The cavity in the foodyolk of a meroblastic ovum.

Anagrams

• Alberta, arbalet, ratable, trabeal

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin latebra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈtɛ.bra/, /ˈla.te.bra/
• Rhymes: -ɛbra, -atebra
• Hyphenation: la‧tè‧bra, là‧te‧bra

Noun

latebra f (plural latebre)

1. (literary) lair, den
2. (literary) trap

   Synonym: nascondiglio

3. (embryology) a granular mass of white yolk in the eggs of birds

Further reading

• “latebra”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Alberta, albatre, blatera

Latin

Etymology

From lateō + -bra. Compare latibulum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫa.tɛ.bra]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.te.bra]

Noun

latebra f (genitive latebrae); first declension

1. hiding place, retreat, lair
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.55:

     “impulerat ferrō Argolicās foedāre latebrās”

     “[If Laocoön] had impelled [us] to despoil the Argolian hiding-places with the spearpoint [...].” – Aeneas

2. place of refuge from war

   Synonyms: perfugium, asȳlum, receptāculum, tēctum, dēverticulum

3. hidden recess
4. subterfuge
5. (figurative) a writing in cipher, a riddle

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	latebra	latebrae
genitive	latebrae	latebrārum
dative	latebrae	latebrīs
accusative	latebram	latebrās
ablative	latebrā	latebrīs
vocative	latebra	latebrae

References

• “latebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “latebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “latebra”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.