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5-letter words (4 found)

LATUS,SALUT,SAULT,TALUS,

4-letter words (13 found)

ALTS,ALUS,LAST,LATS,LATU,LUST,SALT,SAUL,SAUT,SLAT,SLUT,TAUS,UTAS,

3-letter words (13 found)

ALS,ALT,ALU,ATS,LAS,LAT,SAL,SAT,SAU,TAS,TAU,UTA,UTS,

2-letter words (8 found)

AL,AS,AT,LA,ST,TA,US,UT,

You can make 38 words from latus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of latus

latus altus ltaus tlaus atlus talus lauts aluts luats ulats aults ualts ltuas tluas lutas ultas tulas utlas atuls tauls autls uatls tuals utals latsu altsu ltasu tlasu atlsu talsu lastu alstu lsatu slatu asltu saltu ltsau tlsau lstau sltau tslau stlau atslu taslu astlu satlu tsalu stalu laust alust luast ulast aulst ualst lasut alsut lsaut slaut aslut salut lusat ulsat lsuat sluat uslat sulat auslt uaslt asult sault usalt sualt ltusa tlusa lutsa ultsa tulsa utlsa ltsua tlsua lstua sltua tslua stlua lusta ulsta lsuta sluta uslta sulta tusla utsla tsula stula ustla sutla atusl tausl autsl uatsl tuasl utasl atsul tasul astul satul tsaul staul austl uastl asutl sautl usatl suatl tusal utsal tsual stual ustal sutal

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Definitions and meaning of latus

latus

Etymology

From Latin latus (“side”), from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós, from the root *telh₂-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.təs/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtəs

Noun

latus (plural latera)

  1. (medicine) Flank.

Related terms

  • latus rectum

Anagrams

  • Altus, Aults, Austl., Tauls, Tulsa, sault, talus

Latin

Etymology 1

Earlier *tlātus, from Proto-Italic *tlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *tl̥h₂tós, from the root *telh₂-.

Compare Ancient Greek τλάντος (tlántos, “bearing, suffering”), τολμέω (tolméō, “to carry, bear”), τελαμών (telamṓn, “broad strap for bearing something”), Ἄτλας (Átlas, “the 'Bearer' of Heaven”), Lithuanian tiltas (“bridge”), Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), तुलयति (tulayati, “lifts up, weighs”), Latin tollō (“to bear, support”), tulī (“I bore”), tolerō (“bear, endure”), tellūs (“bearing earth”), Old English þolian (“to endure”) (English thole), Old Armenian թողում (tʻołum, “I allow”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈläːt̪us]

Participle

lātus (feminine lāta, neuter lātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfect passive participle of ferō:
    1. borne, carried, having been carried
    2. suffered, endured, having been suffered
    3. reported, having been reported
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

From earlier *stlātus, from Proto-Italic *stlātos, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to stretch out, extend, spread”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”). Also compare stlatta.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.tus/, [ˈɫ̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈläːt̪us]

Adjective

lātus (feminine lāta, neuter lātum, comparative lātior, superlative lātissimus, adverb lātē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. wide, broad
  2. spacious, extensive
  3. wide-ranging
    Synonyms: capāx, spatiōsus
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms
  • sēnsū lātō
Descendants

Etymology 3

Uncertain. Some indicate Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat”) or *stelh₃- (“broad”) (in which case later would be its masculine form).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.tus/, [ˈläːt̪us]

Noun

latus n (genitive lateris); third declension

  1. (military) side, flank
    Synonym: cornu
  2. side (e.g., of a shape)
Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms
  • laterālis
  • quadrilaterus
Descendants

References

  • “latus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “latus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • latus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • latus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 329-30

Latvian

Noun

latus m

  1. accusative plural of lats

Source: wiktionary.org