latito

lătĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [lateo], to be hid or concealed, to lie hid, hide, lurk (rare but class.).

I.

In gen.:

ille ignavissimus Mihi latitabat,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 83:

latitans Oppianicus,

Cic. Clu. 13, 38:

latitans aper,

Hor. C. 3, 12, 11.—Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, Lucr. 1, 875 sq.:

in terram latitare minute,

id. 1, 890; 1, 642: invisis atque latitantibus rebus confidere, * Caes. B. C. 2, 14.—

B.

Latitare aliquem, to hide from any one (post-class.), Dig. 35, 1, 8.—

II.

In partic., jurid., to lie hid, keep out of the way, in order not to appear before court: qui fraudationis causa latitarit, Edict. Praet. ap. Cic. Quint. 19, 60; Gai. Inst. 3, 78:

si latitare ac diutius ludificare videatur,

Cic. Quint. 17, 54; id. Dom. 31, 83; Dig. 42, 4, 7, § 3 sq.