I.a kind of ship: “stlata genus navigii latum magis quam altum, et a latitudine sic appellatum, sed eā consuetudine, quā stlocum pro locum et stlitem pro litem dicebant,” Fest. p. 312 Müll.; cf. Aus. Ep. 22, 31; Gell. 10, 25, 5.— Acc. to Caper, Orth. p. 2246 P., and Gloss. Philox. s. h. v., a kind of piratical vessel or corsair: stlatta, πειρατικοῦ σκάφεος εἶδος.
stlāta , ae, f. 1. latus, q. v. init.,
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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