Locutions, idioms and examples
a latere || a meo tuoque latere =
from my side as well as yours
|| a lateribus =
on the two flanks, on the two sides
|| ad infirmitatem laterum =
for the weakness of the lungs
|| adambulo lateri alicuius || bonis lateribus || cingere latus alicui || lateri consero latus || alio latere or ex alio latere || alicui latus transfodere || breve latus || agglomerare se lateri alicuius || aggredior latere or ex latere || ab latere tyranni =
the gang (= thugs) of the tyrant
|| ab utroque latere =
from both sides
|| artifices lateris || a latere aperto or ad latus apertum =
on the exposed flank (of the army)
|| ad latus alicuius sedeo =
to be seated on someone's side
|| ab utroque latere collis =
from both sides of the hill
|| ab latere impetum facere =
to attack on one flank
|| a latere alicuius numquam discedo =
not to leave someone's side
|| alvei manantes per latera || qua lateri pectus adhaeret || circumfusa turba lateri meo || voci laterique consulo || cingere latus ense || Baliares iaculabantur in latera || a latere (or a lateribus or ex latere) =
on the side, alongside
|| affigo flammam lateri || do latus mollius || Boreae finitimus latus || adhaeresco lateri craterae || alicuius latus gladio haurio || Africam eodem latere sitam || adiuro ut tua latera virgis lacerentur || vostra faciam latera lorea || aeneus equus cuius in lateribus fores essent || ab lateribus pugnantes suos circumvenio =
to avoid at the flanks his fighters
|| caput manibus ac lateribus obsequatur || adulatoribus latus praebere or dare || brevi latere ac pede longo || altaria utroque latere dispono || alicui missa latus eruo hasta || alicui latus cingo or claudo or tego || ad latus Samnitium circumduco alas =
to move the cavalry to the flank of the Sabellians bringing it around
|| a laevo latere in dexterum ambiunt =
(the winds) turn from left to right
|| a senis latere numquam discedo =
never leave the side of that old man
|| a fronte atque ab utroque latere cratibus ac pluteis protegebat =
bundles of woods were protecting the front and the side
|| dat ingentem fluctu latus icta fragorem || volnus in latere, quod acu punctum videretur || circumacta inde alterum insulae latus || classis quae lateri castrorum adiuncta latebat || aciem a latere aperto circumire coeperunt =
they started to surround the deployment from the open flank
|| aeneum equum animadvertit, cuius in lateribus fores essent || classis… circumacta ad alterum insulae latus || ad infirmitatem laterum contentionem omnem remiserat =
because of the weakness of the lungs he reduced all efforts of the voice
|| ad Gallicam ripam latior et placidior affluens =
flowing more calm and placid towards the gallic shore
|| cavom conversa cuspide montem impulit in latus || cecidisse de equo dicitur et latus offendisse vehementer || ab utroque latere eius collis transversam fossam obduxit =
ha had a ditch dug on both sides perpendicular to the hill
|| a tergo, a fronte, a lateribus tenebitur, si in Galliam venerit =
behind, in front, in the flannks, (Antony) will be surrounded if he entered Gaul
|| alios ab utroque latere demissae falces laceravere (= laceraverunt) || ab utroque latere temere incurrentium ilia suffodiebant =
they injured from both sides horses that were rushing headlong
|| iactanti talia Caeneus … missa latus eruit hasta || tabulam pictam proelii proposuit in latere curiae Hostiliae || aliena negotia centum per caput et circa saliunt latus || Aulo Plautio in Capitolium eunti et inde rursus revertenti latus texit || ab lateribus montes ac lacus, a fronte et ab tergo hostium acies claudebat =
on the side of the mountains and the lake, in front of and behind the armies of the enemy were barriers
|| Claudius Nero Liviusque Salinator firmissima rei publicae latera || a lateribus cohortes, legionum adversa frons, et subito discursu terga cinxerant equites =
from both sides the cohorts (auxiliaries), in front of the legionaries, behind the knight with a swift outflanking manoeuvre surrounded them
|| aedificia Numidarum agrestium oblonga, quasi navium carinae sunt, incurvis lateribus tecta || voluit hoc ipsum nobis ostendere, posse ingenium fortissimum ac beatissimum sub qualibet cute latere
