latens Latin · revision 34021

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=96–55 BC, Lucretius|origins=la lateō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɫa.tẽːs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈlaː.tens]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''latēns''' (genitive latentis, comparative latentior, superlative latentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Used as an adjective, it is the present participle [[der|la|lateō|t=to lie hidden]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)^(Georges 1913) The verb goes back to [[itc-pro|*latē-]], a stative verb made from [[ine-pro|*lh₂-to-|t=hidden]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Lucretius, who writes that the body that can be seen is sick while we take pleasure in another, hidden part.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It keeps the senses of the verb, above all "concealed, hidden":^(OLD 2012) Virgil has hidden rocks, Horace hidden shores, and Lucan calls the underworld the hidden world.^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses it of the left hand, which is kept out of sight, as the hand that wears rings.^(OLD 2012) From Cicero on it also means "not revealed, secret": a dark and hidden matter can be lit up by a single word, and Ovid speaks of words hidden in speech.^(OLD 2012) Scribonius Largus sets a hidden and obscure cause against a manifest one, and Quintilian speaks of a hidden reason that cannot be put into words.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The jurists have ''in latentī'', "in secret".^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Augustine forms the comparative ''latentior''.^(Georges 1913) English borrowed the word in the mid-15th century as [[m|en|latent]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of a hidden part of the body.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a hidden matter made clear.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil of hidden rocks.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of hidden words.^(OLD 2012)

+ * c. 47 AD – Scribonius Largus of a hidden cause.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 354–430 AD – Augustine uses the comparative ''latentior''.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|latent]], "concealed, secret".^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|concealed|alt=Concealed]], [[m|en|hidden]], out of sight.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Not revealed, [[m|en|secret]], obscure;^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) ''in latentī'', in secret.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lateō]]

+ * [[latebra]]

+ * [[latitō]]

+ * [[en|latent]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}