lātē adv. with comp. and sup. 1 latus, broadly, widely, extensively: populus late rex, V.: victrix, H.: latius quam caedebatur ruebat (murus), L.: possidere latius (agros), O.: ager latissime continuatus: quam latissime possint, ignes faciant, N.

—In phrases with longe, on all sides, far and wide, everywhere: late longeque diffusus: omnibus longe lateque aedificiis incensis, Cs.

—Fig., widely, extensively: ars late patet: latius loquuntur rhetores, more diffusely: latius perscribere, with exaggeration, Cs.: latius uti opibus, more lavishly, H.: sibi indulgere latius, to excess, Iu.: fidei bonae nomen latissime manat.