lātē adv.with comp.and sup.
1 latus, broadly, widely, extensively : populus late rex, V.: victrix, H.: latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus), L.: possidere latius (agros), O.: ager latissime continuatus: quam latissime possint, ignes faciant, N.—In phrases with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere : late longeque diffusus: omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis, Cs.—Fig., widely, extensively : ars late patet: latius loquuntur rhetores, more diffusely : latius perscribere, with exaggeration , Cs.: latius uti opibus, more lavishly , H.: sibi indulgere latius, to excess , Iu.: fidei bonae nomen latissime manat.