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lateō ‎(present infinitive latēre, perfect active latuī); second conjugation, no passive

I am concealed or in hiding, lurk, skulk.

Latet anguis in herbā.‎ ― A snake hides in the grass.

Sub nōmine pācis bellum latet.‎ ― War lurks under the name of peace.
I am hidden and in safety.
I keep out of sight.
I live in concealment; live retired.
I escape notice, remain unknown.
Bene quī latuit, bene vīxit.‎ ― He who has well remained unknown has lived well.
I am obscure or unknown, lie hidden.
Id quā ratiōne cōnsecūtus sit latet.‎ ― It is unknown how he obtained that.

Conjugation of lateo (second conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateō	latēs	latet	latēmus	latētis	latent
	imperfect	latēbam	latēbās	latēbat	latēbāmus	latēbātis	latēbant
	future	latēbō	latēbis	latēbit	latēbimus	latēbitis	latēbunt
	perfect	latuī	latuistī	latuit	latuimus	latuistis	latuērunt, latuēre
	pluperfect	latueram	latuerās	latuerat	latuerāmus	latuerātis	latuerant
	future perfect	latuerō	latueris	latuerit	latuerimus	latueritis	latuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lateam	lateās	lateat	lateāmus	lateātis	lateant
	imperfect	latērem	latērēs	latēret	latērēmus	latērētis	latērent
	perfect	latuerim	latuerīs	latuerit	latuerīmus	latuerītis	latuerint
	pluperfect	latuissem	latuissēs	latuisset	latuissēmus	latuissētis	latuissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	latē	—	—	latēte	—
active	future	—	latētō	latētō	—	latētōte	latentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		latēre	latuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		latēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		latēre	latendī	latendō	latendum	—	—

lateo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
lateo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lateo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
- (ambiguous) to belong to the king's bodyguard: a latere regis esse
lateo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016