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lătercŭlus (lătĕrĭcŭlus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), i, m. dim. [later].

  1. I. A small brick or tile: hanc contignationem laterculo astruxerunt, Caes. l. l.: sacellum factum crudis laterculis, Plin. 30, 7, 20, § 63: observationes siderum coctilibus laterculis inscriptae, id. 7, 56, 57, § 193.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A kind of pastry, so called because shaped like a tile, Cato, R. R. 109: nihil nisi laterculos, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 115.
    2. B. Among the agrimensores, a tile-shaped piece of land, Sic. Fl. de Cond. Agr. p. 2 Goes.

lătĕrĭāna, v. lateritana.

lătĕrīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [later], made or consisting of bricks: turris, Caes. B. C. 2, 10; 2, 14: muri, id. ib. 2, 15: opus, brickwork, Col. 9, 6, 4: urbs, built of bricks, Suet. Aug. 28: paries, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 301.
Hence, subst.: lătĕrīcĭum, ii, n., brickwork: ne saxa ex catapultis latericium discuterent, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 4.

lătĕrīna, ae, f. [later], a brickkiln (postclass.), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 43.

lătĕrĭtāna or lătĕrĭtĭāna, ōrum, n. (pira), a good sort of pears, Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; also, lătĕrĭāna, Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; and lătĕrīsĭāna, Macr. S. 2, 15. (Perhaps pears from Laterium, in Arpinum; v. Laterium).

lătĕrītĭus, v. latericius.

Lătĕrĭum, ĭi, n., a villa of Q. Cicero in Arpinum, Cic. Att. 4, 7, 3; 10, 1, 1.