Meaning of latibulum | Babel Free

Definitions

A concealed hiding place, especially of an animal; a burrow, hole, or lair.

obsolete

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Examples

“[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.”

“Theſe little Frogs are invited from the Brooks, and Ponds, and out of their Latibula, in or immediately after the vvarmer Summer Shovvers, by the kindly and grateful Humidity vvhich is then in the Air and Earth: […]”

“But the vvorſt of the reptile Kind are Moles, vvhich damage the Corn and Graſs, though they compenſate that Detriment by affording a freer Paſſage to the Rain thro' their Latibula.”

“Ælian [Claudius Aelianus] says, that serpents among the Egyptians[…], are zealously worshipped, that they are kept in their houses, and become so tame, that even among their children they are innocent and inoffensive. He describes their latibula, diet, and the manner of feeding them, and shews, in many instances, the great care taken of them, and the particular regard paid to them; […]”

“[T]hey attack the [sugar] cane in various directions; frequently in the roots, and bottom of the origination of the joints, and eat their vvay up the culmus, and then finds a proper latibulum in the middle of the alburnum: This den vvhich they make, retards the aſcent of the ſacharine juices, a ſtrong fermentation enſues, it paſſes through the firſt ſtage, and commences the acetous.”

“The ornamented tomb, with its four chambers and its many niches[…], dating probably from the time of Herod, is held, considered in connection with some adjoining ones, to be the Latibula of the Apostles, in which, according to the legend of the middle ages, eight of the twelve were concealed during the time of Jesus' imprisonment.”

“Now she traces a different route: from the black, splintery latibulum that lies somewhere under the gargoyles, slates and gothic buttresses, through the complex reticulum of beams and wooden pillars that support the great structure of rooftops.”

“[page 163] Henry [of Livonia] only seldom designates these latibula any further. At the most, these hiding places appear to Henry to be dark or gloomy (tenebrosa) or he states that they are simply placed in particularly dense parts of the forests. […] We learn in Henry's chronicle that the forests contain hiding places for the Baltic peoples when they are threatened by either German missionary forces or by neighbouring tribes on the rampage. These latibula appear to be established as carefully selected places of refuge. […] [page 176] The forests can also be seen as sites for pagan religion, as in the story of the Liv who came out from his latibulum to report a vision: […]”

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