latibulum
/ləˈtɪbjʊləm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[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; […]"
- "[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 quicklie have done, […]"
- "[I] found your curious diligence, looking, not only unto Civill ſocieties, but prying alſo unto the ruder crouds and ſilveſtrous heards of mankinde, peeping into every latibulum and ſolitary buſh to devellope the effects and incongruous reſults of the phantaſticall projects of (the novv little better then the perfecter ſort of ape called Man) […]"
- "[T]hoſe very Forms and Qualities, and the Self-moving povver of Body, vvhich vvere commonly made a Sanctuary for Atheiſm, might notvvithſtanding chance to prove, contrarivviſe, the Latibulum and Aſylum of a Deity, and that a Corporeal God […] might lie lurking under them, aſſaulting mens minds vvith doubtful Fears and Jealouſies; […]"
- "Thou lord art my ſhadovv, my refuge, my fortreſs, my labitulum and hiding place, and my defence."
- "[E]very VVaſps-Neſt is begun by one great Mother-VVaſp, vvhich over-lives the VVinter, lying hid in ſome hollovv Tree, or other Latibulum."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/
- British English: /ləˈtɪbjʊləm/