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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.
lătĕrālis, e, adj. [2. latus], of or belonging to the side, lateral.
* 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-.
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],
lătercŭlus (lătĕrĭcŭlus, Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 2), i, m. dim. [later].
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.