adverb
lātē
lātē (comparative lātius, superlative lātissimē)
Meaning
- broadly, widely
- extensively
- far and wide, everywhere
- lavishly, excessively
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
lātē, adv., v. 1. latus
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
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.