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lătē̆brōsus, a, um, adj. [latebra], full of lurking-holes or coverts, hidden, retired, secret.

  1. I. Lit. (rare but class.): loca, lurking-places, disreputable haunts, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 26: via, * Cic. Sest. 59, 126: locus, Liv. 21, 54: viae, Amm. 14, 2, 2: loca, id. 17, 1, 6: flumina, Verg. A. 8, 713: latebrosae tempora noctis, Luc. 6, 120: serpens, Sen. Oedip. 153: latebrosa et lucifuga natio, Min. Fel. 8, 4.
    Poet.: pumex, i. e. full of holes, porous, Verg. A. 12, 587.
  2. II. Trop., intricate, obscure (late Lat.): latebrosissima quaestio. Aug. Retract. 1, 19.
    Hence, * adv.: lătē̆brōsē, in a lurkingplace, secretly: se occultare, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 3.