I.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.
lanterna (ante-class. and later lā-terna ), ae, f. Gr. λαμπτήρ, root in λάμπω; cf. Lat. limpidus, lepor, lepidus, lĕpus,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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