I.a liquid, fluid (mostly poet.).—So esp. of water: “latices simulatos fontis Averni,” Verg. A. 4, 512: “Lethaei ad fluminis undam Securos latices et longa oblivia potant,” id. ib. 6, 715: “desilit in latices,” Ov. M. 4, 353: “fontes laticis,” id. P. 3, 1, 17: “occulti latices,” hidden springs, Liv. 44, 33, 2: “latex aquae,” Sol. 5, 16: “laticum frugumque cupido,” thirst and hunger, Lucr. 4, 1093.—Of wine: “liquoris vitigeni,” Lucr. 5, 15: “Lyaeus,” Verg. A. 1, 686: “meri,” Ov. M. 13, 653: “vineus,” Sol. 5, 16.—Of other liquids: “absinthi,” juice of wormwood, Lucr. 4, 16: “Palladii,” oil, Ov. M. 8, 274: “nivei,” milk, Prud. Cath. 3, 67.
lătex , ĭcis, m. (f., Att. ap. Prisc. p. 658 P.),