latro

See also: latrò

Italian

Verb

latro

1. first-person singular present indicative of latrare

Anagrams

• altro, oltra, tarlo, tarlò

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Latin

Etymology 1

Compare Ancient Greek λάτρις ‎(látris).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.troː/

Noun

latrō m ‎(genitive latrōnis); third declension

1. mercenary
2. highwayman; brigand; robber
3. chessman, pawn

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	latrō	latrōnēs
genitive	latrōnis	latrōnum
dative	latrōnī	latrōnibus
accusative	latrōnem	latrōnēs
ablative	latrōne	latrōnibus
vocative	latrō	latrōnēs

Synonyms

• (highwayman): latrunculus
• (chessman, pawn): latrunculus

Related terms

• latrīa
• latrōcinālis
• latrōcināliter
• latrōcinātiō

• latrōcinium
• latrōcinor
• latrunculārius
• latrunculus

Descendants

descendants

edit Corsican: ladru, latru Dalmatian: ladr Emilian: lèder English: latron Franco-Provençal: lârro Friulian: lari, ladron Istriot: laro Ladin: lère Lombard: làdar, lader, ladru (Leventina), lädar (Val Bregaglia) Neapolitan: latro Old French: larron, lasrun, larrun, ladron, ladrun Middle French: French: ladre, larron Walloon: lâron Italian: ladro, ladrone Old Leonese: Asturian: lladrón, ladrón Mirandese: lhadron Old Portuguese: ladron Fala: lairon Galician: ladrón Portuguese: ladrão, ladro Angolar: ladron (borrowing) Guinea-Bissau Creole: ladron Indo-Portuguese: laderan Malaccan Creole Portuguese: ladrang Principense: ladran Old Provençal: laire, lairon Old Catalan: lladre, lladró, lairó, Catalan: lladre Old Spanish: ladron Ladino: ladrón Spanish: ladrón Chavacano: ladron Palenquero: lairón Papiamentu: ladron Piedmontese: làder, ladrun Romanian: lătra Romansch: lader, leder Sardinian: ladrone Sicilian: latru, latruni, larruni Venetian: ladro, laro, ladron Welsh: lleidr

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek λατράζειν ‎(latrázein).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.troː/

Verb

lātrō ‎(present infinitive lātrāre, perfect active lātrāvī, supine lātrātum); first conjugation

1. I bark, bay
2. I rant, bluster
3. (of water) I roar.
4. I demand vehemently

Inflection

Conjugation of latro (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lātrō	lātrās	lātrat	lātrāmus	lātrātis	lātrant
	imperfect	lātrābam	lātrābās	lātrābat	lātrābāmus	lātrābātis	lātrābant
	future	lātrābō	lātrābis	lātrābit	lātrābimus	lātrābitis	lātrābunt
	perfect	lātrāvī	lātrāvistī	lātrāvit	lātrāvimus	lātrāvistis	lātrāvērunt, lātrāvēre
	pluperfect	lātrāveram	lātrāverās	lātrāverat	lātrāverāmus	lātrāverātis	lātrāverant
	future perfect	lātrāverō	lātrāveris	lātrāverit	lātrāverimus	lātrāveritis	lātrāverint
passive	present	lātror	lātrāris, lātrāre	lātrātur	lātrāmur	lātrāminī	lātrantur
	imperfect	lātrābar	lātrābāris, lātrābāre	lātrābātur	lātrābāmur	lātrābāminī	lātrābantur
	future	lātrābor	lātrāberis, lātrābere	lātrābitur	lātrābimur	lātrābiminī	lātrābuntur
	perfect	lātrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lātrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lātrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lātrem	lātrēs	lātret	lātrēmus	lātrētis	lātrent
	imperfect	lātrārem	lātrārēs	lātrāret	lātrārēmus	lātrārētis	lātrārent
	perfect	lātrāverim	lātrāverīs	lātrāverit	lātrāverīmus	lātrāverītis	lātrāverint
	pluperfect	lātrāvissem	lātrāvissēs	lātrāvisset	lātrāvissēmus	lātrāvissētis	lātrāvissent
passive	present	lātrer	lātrēris, lātrēre	lātrētur	lātrēmur	lātrēminī	lātrentur
	imperfect	lātrārer	lātrārēris, lātrārēre	lātrārētur	lātrārēmur	lātrārēminī	lātrārentur
	perfect	lātrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lātrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lātrā	—	—	lātrāte	—
	future	—	lātrātō	lātrātō	—	lātrātōte	lātrantō
passive	present	—	lātrāre	—	—	lātrāminī	—
	future	—	lātrātor	lātrātor	—	—	lātrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lātrāre	lātrāvisse	lātrātūrus esse	lātrārī	lātrātus esse	lātrātum īrī
participles		lātrāns	—	lātrātūrus	—	lātrātus	lātrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		lātrāre	lātrandī	lātrandō	lātrandum	lātrātum	lātrātū

Related terms

• lātrābilis
• lātrāns
• lātrātor

• lātrātōrius
• lātrātus

Descendants

• Aromanian: alatru, alãtrari
• Asturian: lladrar
• Catalan: lladrar
• English: latrate

• Italian: latrare
• Portuguese: ladrar
• Romanian: lătra, lătrare
• Spanish: ladrar

References

• latro in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• latro in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers