lateo

Latin

From Proto-Italic *latēō (“to be hidden”), from earlier *latējō, from Proto-Indo-European *l̥h₂t-éh₁ye-ti (“hidden”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”).

Compare cognate Doric Greek λᾱ́θω (lā́thō, “to escape notice”), variant of Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō);´also compare Ionic Greek λάθρῃ (láthrēi, “secretly, by stealth; unbeknownst to”).

lateō (present infinitive latēre, perfect active latuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

to conceal, hide, lie hidden, lurk, skulk
Latet anguis in herbā. ― A snake hides in the grass.

Sub nōmine pācis bellum latet. ― War lurks under the name of peace.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.72:
  posita sub nive terra latet
  the earth lies hidden under fallen snow
to keep out of sight
to be hidden and in safety
to live in concealment; to live retired
(intransitive, transitive) to escape notice, remain unknown
Bene quī latuit, bene vīxit. ― He who has well remained unknown has lived well.
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.130:
  nec latuēre dolī frātrem Jūnōnis et īrae
  Nor did the tricks and the angers of Juno escape her brother's notice.
to be obscure or unknown, lie hidden
Id quā ratiōne cōnsecūtus sit latet. ― It is unknown how he obtained that.

Conjugation of lateō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateō	latēs	latet	latēmus	latētis	latent
	imperfect	latēbam	latēbās	latēbat	latēbāmus	latēbātis	latēbant
	future	latēbō	latēbis	latēbit	latēbimus	latēbitis	latēbunt
	perfect	latuī	latuistī	latuit	latuimus	latuistis	latuērunt, latuēre
	pluperfect	latueram	latuerās	latuerat	latuerāmus	latuerātis	latuerant
	future perfect	latuerō	latueris	latuerit	latuerimus	latueritis	latuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateam	lateās	lateat	lateāmus	lateātis	lateant
	imperfect	latērem	latērēs	latēret	latērēmus	latērētis	latērent
	perfect	latuerim	latuerīs	latuerit	latuerīmus	latuerītis	latuerint
	pluperfect	latuissem	latuissēs	latuisset	latuissēmus	latuissētis	latuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	latē	—	—	latēte	—
active	future	—	latētō	latētō	—	latētōte	latentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		latēre	latuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		latēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		latendī	latendō	latendum	latendō	—	—

“lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lateo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lateo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
- (ambiguous) to belong to the king's bodyguard: a latere regis esse
lateo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016