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latibulum

Syllables: lat·i·bu·lum/ləˈtɪbjʊləm/

latibulum noun: a concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.

latibulum: a concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair
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Noun

latibulum (plural latibula)

  1. (obsolete) A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.
    • [T]he Roman church had made this latibulum, this hiding place, this refuge from persecution, hermitages and monasteries, to be the most conspicuous, the most glorious, the most eminent, the richest and most abundant places of the world; […]a. 1632 (date written), John Donne, “Sermon LVIII. Preached upon the Penitential Psalms.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume III, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […]...
    • [I]t never can be certainlie found, vvhat are her opinions of any point, or vvhen ſhe hath declared her ſelfe: As […] appeares by your refuſing to leave your Latibula; and declare plainlie your opinion concerning it, vvhich if you ſavv defenſible, and you vvere all agreed about it, you vvould...a. 1644 (date written), Lucius Cary, “Here Followeth the Third Part of this Discourse, […]”, in Sir Lucius Cary, Late Lord Viscount of Falkland, His Discourse of Infallibility, with an Answer to It...
    Synonyms:
    cuniculus

Synonyms of latibulum

Forms of latibulum

plurallatibula

Origin of latibulum

Learned borrowing from Latin latibulum (“den of animals; hiding place, refuge”), from lat(eō) (“to conceal, hide, lie hidden; to be hidden and in safety”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to be concealed”)) + -bulum (suffix denoting a place or vessel). Doublet of latebra. The plural form latibula is a learned borrowing from Latin latibula.

Questions about latibulum

What does latibulum mean?
Latibulum means a concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.
What part of speech is latibulum?
Latibulum is a noun.
How do you pronounce latibulum?
Latibulum is pronounced /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/ (UK).
What is the plural of latibulum?
The plural of latibulum is latibula.

Words near latibulum in the dictionary

  1. latibulating
  2. latibulize
  3. latibulized
  4. latibulizes
  5. latibulizing
  6. latibulum
  7. Latic
  8. latices
  9. laticifer
  10. laticiferous
  11. laticifers

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