lătĭbŭlum, i, n. [lateo], a hiding-place, lurking-hole, covert, den, of animals.
I Lit.: cum etiam ferae latibulis se tegant, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42: serpens e latibulis, id. Vatin. 2, 4; id. Off. 1, 4, 11: furibunda ferarum, Cat. 63, 54; of men: latibulis occultorum locorum, Cic. Fl. 13, 31: aedium, Ap. Met. 8, 29, 22.—
II Trop., a hidingplace, refuge , etc. (syn. receptaculum): latibulum et perfugium doloris mei, Cic. Att. 12, 13, 2: quaerere occepit ex diffidentia latibulum aliquod temeritati, Ap. Mag. 1, p. 274, 4.