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See also: latrò
Italian[edit]
Verb[edit]
latro
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“to grant, to possess”). Cognate with Ancient Greek λάτρις (látris) and Proto-Germanic *lēþą.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.troː/, [ˈɫ̪a.t̪ɾoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tro/, [ˈlaː.t̪rɔ]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlat.roː/, [ˈɫ̪at̪.roː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlat.ro/, [ˈlat̪.rɔ]
Noun[edit]
latrō m (genitive latrōnis); third declension
- mercenary
- highwayman; brigand, bandit; robber
- Synonym: latrunculus
- chessman, pawn
- Synonym: latrunculus
- (plural only, Classical Latin, Late Latin) the game of latrunculi (somewhat similar to chess)
- Synonyms: ludus latrunculorum, latrunculi
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | latrō | latrōnēs |
Genitive | latrōnis | latrōnum |
Dative | latrōnī | latrōnibus |
Accusative | latrōnem | latrōnēs |
Ablative | latrōne | latrōnibus |
Vocative | latrō | latrōnēs |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
descendants
- Corsican: ladru, latru
- Dalmatian: ladr
- Emilian: lèder
- Franco-Provençal: lârro
- Friulian: lari, ladron
- Istriot: laro
- Ladin: lère
- Lombard: làdar, lader, ladru (Leventina), lädar (Val Bregaglia)
- Neapolitan: latro
- Old French: lerre, larron, lasrun, larrun, ladron, ladrun
- Italian: ladro, ladrone
- Old Leonese:
- Old Portuguese: ladron
- Old Occitan: laire, lairon
- Old Spanish: ladron
- Piedmontese: làder, ladrun
- Romansch: lader, leder
- Shona: ladrone
- Sicilian: latru, latruni, larruni
- Venetian: ladro, laro, ladron
- → English: latron
- → Welsh: lleidr
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
lātrō (present infinitive lātrāre, perfect active lātrāvī, supine lātrātum); first conjugation
Conjugation[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Aromanian: alatru, alãtrari
- Asturian: lladrar
- Catalan: lladrar
- English: latrate
- Galician: ladrar
- Italian: latrare
- Portuguese: ladrar
- Romanian: lătra, lătrare
- Spanish: ladrar
References[edit]
- latro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- latro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- latro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- latro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- latro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650
- Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre[1], 2011
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