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lătē^brōsus , a, um, adj. latebra,
I.full of lurking-holes or coverts, hidden, retired, secret.
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.—
II. Trop., intricate, obscure (late Lat.): latebrosissima quaestio. Aug. Retract. 1, 19.— Hence, * adv.: lătē^brōsē , in a lurkingplace, secretly: “se occultare,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 3.
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