latro

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.tro/
• Rhymes: -atro
• Hyphenation: là‧tro

From Latin latrō (“mercenary; bandit”).

latro (feminine latra, masculine plural latri, feminine plural latre)

1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of ladro

latro m (plural latri, feminine latra)

1. (rare, obsolete) Alternative form of ladro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

latro

1. first-person singular present indicative of latrare

• latro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• altro, oltra, talor, tarlo, tarlò

Disputed. Often hypothesized as from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“to grant; to possess”) or *leh₁-t- (“to let, grant, provide”), when compared with Ancient Greek λάτρις (látris, “hired servant”) and Proto-Germanic *lēþą (“ownership, possession”). However, Beekes rejects an Indo-European etymology on phonetic grounds and instead posits Pre-Greek origin for the Greek; he believes Latin latrō is rather borrowed from unattested Ancient Greek *λάτρων (*látrōn).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.troː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪roː] or IPA^(key): /ˈlat.roː/, [ˈɫ̪ät̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tro/, [ˈläːt̪ro] or IPA^(key): /ˈlat.ro/, [ˈlät̪ro]

latrō m (genitive latrōnis); third declension

1. mercenary
2. highwayman; brigand, bandit; robber

   Synonyms: praedō, latrunculus, vargus

3. chessman, pawn

   Synonym: latrunculus

4. (plural only, Classical Latin, Late Latin) the game of latrunculi (somewhat similar to chess)

   Synonyms: ludus latrunculorum, latrunculi

Third-declension noun.

From the nominative latrō:

From the accusative latrōnem:

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “latro, -onis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 201

From Proto-Italic *lātrom, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to bark, howl”) (an expressive root). Cognate with lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.troː/, [ˈɫ̪äːt̪roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.tro/, [ˈläːt̪ro]

lātrō (present infinitive lātrāre, perfect active lātrāvī, supine lātrātum); first conjugation

1. to bark, bay
2. to rant, bluster
3. (of water) to roar
4. to demand vehemently

• “latro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “latro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• latro 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)
• latro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “latro”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 650
• Pede Certo - Digital Latin Metre‎^[1], 2011