latēns entis, adj.
P. of lateo, lying hid, hidden, concealed, secret, unknown : saxa, V.: arbuti, H.: rem latentem explicare definiendo: causae, V.: flamma, O.
lătens, entis, Part. and P. a., from lateo. ...
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