Old English · adverb
lator
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈlɑ.tor/
- Syllables
- ˈlɑ · tor (2 syllables)
Meaning
(comparative)comparative degree of late; later
Hwæt eac seo sǽ wunderlice geþwærlæcð þæs monan ymbrene; symle hí beoð geferan on wæstme and on wanunge. And swa swa se mona dæghwonlice feower pricon lator arist, swa eac seo sǽ symle feower pricum lator fleowð.
The sea too agrees wonderfully with the course of the moon; they are always companions in their increase and waning. And as the moon rises daily four points later, so also the sea flows always four points later.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of our Lord"slowly
Etymology
Related to late.
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