latro

1.

lātro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. loidoreô and latrazein = barbarizein, Hesych.], to bark (cf. baubor).

I.

Lit.:

si canes latrent,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56; Lucr. 5, 1066:

ne latret canis,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 128: quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.):

canis timidus vehementius latrat quam mordet,

Curt. 7, 4, 13:

canino rictu,

Juv. 10, 272.— Impers. pass.:

scit cui latretur cum solus obambulet ipse,

Ov. Tr. 2, 459.—

(β).

Act. for allatrare, to bark at, bay:

senem adulterum Latrent Suburanae canes,

Hor. Epod. 5, 57:

cervinam pellem,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 66:

nubila,

Stat. Th. 1, 551.—Also in pass.:

latrari a canibus,

Plin. 25, 10, 78, § 126.—

(γ).

Part. pres. as subst.: lātrans, antis, m., a barker, i. e. a dog ( poet. ):

inmeriti fatum latrantis,

Ov. M. 8, 412; plur., id. ib. 8, 344.—

B.

Transf.

1.

To resound, roar, of water ( poet. ):

latrantes undae,

Sil. 5, 396:

(amnis) Alpibus ortus fertur latrantibus undis,

id. 3, 470; Stat. Ach. 1, 451.—

2.

In speaking, to rant, roar, bluster:

latrant jam quidam oratores, non loquuntur,

Cic. Brut. 15, 58:

rumperis et latras,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 136.—

(β).

Act., to bark at:

si quis Obprobriis dignum latraverit,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 85.—

II.

Trop., to bark at, rage, etc.

A.

In gen.:

multa ab animalium vocibus tralata in homines, partim quae sunt aperta, partim obscura. Perspicua, ut Ennii: Animus cum pectore latrat,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll. (cf. Ann. v. 570 Vahl.):

admoto latrant praecordia tactu,

rage, Stat. S. 2, 1, 13:

curae latrantes,

Petr. 119.—

(β).

Act.:

magnas latrantia pectora curas,

Stat. Th. 2, 338.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To demand vehemently: latrare Ennius pro poscere posuit, Paul. ex Fest. 121 Müll.; cf.

Enn. l. l.: cum sale panis Latrantem stomachum bene leniet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 17:

nil aliud sibi naturam latrare, nisi ut, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 17.—

2.

Opening the mouth wide, pronounced with a wide mouth:

hanc scripsit Latine Plautus cum latranti nomine,

Plaut. Cas. prol. 34.

2.

lā̆tro, ōnis, m. [Gr. latris, root la-, laW-, in laô, leia; cf. lucrum], a hired servant, hireling, mercenary, satellite, bodyguard, etc. (only ante-class.): haec effatus ibi, latrones dicta facessunt, Enn. ap. Non. 306, 23 (Ann. v. 60 Vahl.).—Of mercenary soldiers:

latrones, quos conduxi,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 3:

nam hic latro in Sparta fuit,

id. Poen. 3, 3, 50:

latronem suam qui auro vitam venditat,

id. Bacch. 1, 1, 20 Fleck.; cf.: fortunas suas coepere latrones Inter se memorare, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 29 (Ann. v. 528 Vahl.); cf. Varr. L. L. 7, p. 141 Müll., and the passage from Paul. ex Fest. infra.—

II.

Transf.

A.

A freebooter, highwayman, robber, bandit, irregular soldier, brigand (opp. justi hostes). Liv. 40, 27, 10: latrones eos antiqui dicebant, qui conducti militabant. apo tês latreias. At nunc viarum obsessores dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 118 Müll.:

hostes hi sunt, qui nobis, aut quibus nos publice bellum decrevimus: ceteri latrones aut praedones sunt,

Dig. 50, 16, 118:

vos latrones et mendicos homines magni penditis?

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 75:

collecti ex praedonibus latronibusque Syriae,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110; 3, 109 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 17:

erat ei vivendum latronum ritu, ut tantum haberet, quantum rapere potuisset,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62:

non semper viator a latrone, non numquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur,

Cic. Mil. 21, 55; cf.:

cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator,

Juv. 10, 22; 13, 145:

ne quis fur esset, neu latro,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 106:

quin etiam leges latronum esse dicuntur, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40:

quaestio latronum,

Paul. Sent. 5, 16, 13:

qui latronem caedem sibi inferentem, occiderit,

id. ib. 5, 23, 8.—Of an assassin, Val. Max. 5, 9, 4.— Poet. of a hunter, Verg. A. 12, 7.—Of a wolf, Phaedr. 1, 1, 4.—

B.

For latrunculus, a chessman, a piece in the game of draughts or chess which represents a soldier; a man, pawn ( poet. ):

latronum proelia,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357:

ludere bella latronum,

Mart. 14, 20, 1; cf.

vitreo latrone,

id. 7, 72, 8.

3.

Lā̆tro, ōnis, m., a Roman surname. So M. Porcius Latro, a famous orator from Spain, a friend of the elder Seneca, Sen. Contr. 1 praef.; Quint. 10, 5, 18; 9, 2, 91; Plin. 20, 14, 57, § 160.—Hence,

II.

Lătrō-nĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Latro, Latronian:

color,

Sen. Contr. 1, 7, 16; 1 praef. § 13.