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Lătĕrānus

Meaning

  1. a family name in the

Lătĕrānus, a,
I. a family name in the gens Claudia, Sextia, and Plautia.—So, Plautius Lateranus, Tac. A. 15, 49; 60; Juv. 8, 148.—The splendid mansion of these Laterani on Mons Caelius (egregiae Lateranorum aedes, Juv. 10, 17; and: Lateranae aedes, Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 587) was given by the emperor Constantine to the bishop of Rome; afterwards the seat of the popes; now the Lateran.
Lătĕrānus, i, m. later,
I. the god of the hearth (because hearths were made of bricks), Arn. 4, 130.

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Biography & mythologyLateranusLateranus. was, according to Arnobius (ad v. Gent. 4.6), a divinity protecting the hearths built of bricks (lateres), whence some consider him to be i…

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What does Lătĕrānus mean in Latin?
Lătĕrānus, means “a family name in the”.