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lanterna (ante-class. and later lā-terna), ae, f. [Gr. λαμπτήρ, root in λάμπω; cf. Lat. limpidus, lepor, lepidus, lĕpus], a lantern, lamp, torch: a portu illic nunc cum laterna huc advenit, Plaut. Am. prol. 149: laterna Punica, id. Aul. 3, 6, 30: linea lanterna, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 5: hic caulis olebit lanternam, Juv. 5, 88; Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 49.

lăter, ĕris, m. [Sanscr. root prath-, widen; prathas, breadth; Gr. πλατύς, πλάτος], a brick, tile.

  1. I. Lit.: nil mirum, vetus est maceria, lateres si veteres ruunt, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49 sqq.: in latere aut in caemento, ex quibus urbs effecta est, Cic. Div. 2, 47, 98; cf.: paries crudo latere ac luto constructus, Col. 9, 1, 2: contabulationem summam lateribus lutoque constraverunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 9: lateres de terra ducere, to make, Vitr. 2, 3, 1: lateres coquere, to burn, id. 1, 5: sepimentum e lateribus coctilibus, burnt bricks, Varr. R. R. 1, 14, 4.
    Prov.: laterem lavare, to wash a brick, = πλίνθον πλύνειν, i. e. to wash the color out of a brick, to labor in vain, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 8; but cf. Lucil. Sat. 9, 19.
  2. II. Transf.: lateres aurei, argentei, bars, ingots, or wedges of gold, of silver, Plin. 33, 3, 17, § 56; Varr. ap. Non. 131, 15; 520, 17.

lătĕrālis, e, adj. [2. latus], of or belonging to the side, lateral.

  1. I. Adj. (ante- and post-class.): lateralis dolor, Enn. ap. Victor. p. 1963 P. (Ann. v. 601 Vahl.; for which: lateris dolor, Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155): cingula, Calp. Ecl. 6, 40.
  2. II. Subst.: lătĕrālĭa, ĭum, n., saddle-bags, Dig. 32, 1, 102.

* lătĕrāmen, ĭnis, n. [later], any thing made like bricks: lateramina vasi, the earthen-ware, Lucr. 6, 233.

1. Lătĕrānus, a, a family name in the gens Claudia, Sextia, and Plautia.
So, Plautius Lateranus, Tac. A. 15, 49; 60; Juv. 8, 148.
The splendid mansion of these Laterani on Mons Caelius (egregiae Lateranorum aedes, Juv. 10, 17; and: Lateranae aedes, Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 587) was given by the emperor Constantine to the bishop of Rome; afterwards the seat of the popes; now the Lateran.

2. Lătĕrānus, i, m. [later], the god of the hearth (because hearths were made of bricks), Arn. 4, 130.

1. lătĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [later], of or pertaining to bricks, brick-.

  1. I. Adj.: terra lateraria, brick-clay, Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156.
    Hence,
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. lătĕrārĭus, ĭi, m., a brickmaker, Non. 445, 22.
    2. B. lătĕ-rārĭa, ae, f. (sc. officina), a brickkiln, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 194.

2. lătĕrārĭus, a, um, adj. [2. latus], of or belonging to the sides; only subst.: lătĕrārĭa, ĭum, n. (sc. tigna), side-beams, Vitr. 10, 20.

lătercŭlensis, is, m. [laterculum], one who keeps the register of offices, a secretary, Cod. 12, 34, 5.

lătercŭlum, i, n. [later],

  1. I. a register of all the offices and dignities in the Roman empire, Cod. 1, 27, 1, § 7.
  2. II. In gen., a register, list, Tert. adv. Val. 29.

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.

1. lătĕrensis, e, adj. [2. latus], of or belonging to the side.
Subst.: lătĕren-sis, is, m., an attendant, body-guard, satellite (post-class.), Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 43.

2. Lătĕrensis, is, m., a Roman surname in the gens Juventia; e. g. M. Juventius Laterensis, a legate of Lepidus, Cic. Planc. 1 sq.; id. Fam. 10, 21; 23; id. Att. 2, 18; 24 saep.

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.

lāterna, v. lanterna.