den Copy link Outline 1. spĕcus, ūs, m. and n.; also, spēlunca, f.2. lătĭbŭlum (a hiding-place3. lătebra (usu. pl.; and in this sense chiefly poet.)4. antrum (chiefly poet.)5. lustra, orum (poet. in this sense) • den: 1. spĕcus, ūs, m. and n.; also, spēlunca, f.: a huge d. (of Cacus), ingens specus, Virg.: Ov.: v. cavern. 2. lătĭbŭlum (a hiding-place: as of beasts): wild beasts hide themselves in d.s, ferae se latibulis tegunt, Cic.: v. lair. 3. lătebra (usu. pl.; and in this sense chiefly poet.): d.s of wild beasts, latebrae ferarum, Ov.: Virg. 4. antrum (chiefly poet.): v. cavern. 5. lustra, orum (poet. in this sense): d.s of wild beasts, lustra ferarum, Virg. In prose, fig.; d.s of infamy, Cic.: v. brothel.
DEN Copy link • DENcavum (general term for any hole): caverna: spelunca. specus: and (poetically) spelaeum [SYN. in CAVERN]: latibulum (hiding-place of wild-beasts, etc.): lustra, plur. (dens of wild-beasts, ferarum in the poets; in prose-writers,” dens” for debauchery and other deeds of darkness): cublle (general term for sleeping-place; den, lair, etc.): to hide themselves in dens, latibulis se tegere; in cubilibus delitescere.