lātē adv. with comp. and sup.
1 latus,
broadly, widely, extensively
: populus late rex, V.: victrix, H.: latius quam
caedebatur ruebat (murus), L.: possidere
latius (agros), O.: ager latissime
continuatus: quam latissime possint, ignes faciant, N.
—In phrases with
longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere
: late longeque diffusus: omnibus longe lateque aedificiis
incensis, Cs.—Fig.,
widely, extensively
: ars late patet: latius loquuntur rhetores,
more diffusely
: latius perscribere,
with exaggeration
, Cs.: latius uti opibus,
more lavishly
, H.: sibi indulgere latius,
to excess
, Iu.: fidei bonae nomen latissime
manat.
