lătĕrĭtāna or lătĕrĭtĭāna, ōrum, n. (pira),
a good sort of pears , Col. 5, 10, 18; 12, 10, 4; also, lătĕrĭāna , Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 54; and lătĕrīsĭāna , Macr. S. 2, 15. (Perhaps pears from Laterium, in Arpinum; v. Laterium).