latA · feminine · latā 1
creeper
latā , creeper , as in Pali ep. of desire or greed, as entangling: (na) saritāṃ (see saritā ) latāṃ śoṣayato MSV iii.54.2 ; 57.16 .
a creeper
Latā (feminine) [cf. Sanskrit latā, connected with Latin lentus flexible; Old High German lindi soft, English lithe; also Old High German lintea lime tree; Greek ἐλάτη fir tree] 1. a slender tree, a creeping plant, creeper A I 202 (māluvā°); Vv 35 5 (= vallī Vv-a 162); 47 4 (kosātakī l.); Ja I 464 (rukkha°, here perhaps better "branch"); Dhp-a I 392 (°pasādhana: see under mahā°); Miln 253, 351; Vv-a 12 (kappa°); Pv-a 51, 121; Vism 183 (where the following kinds are given: lābu, kumbhaṇḍī, sāmā, kāḷavallī, pūtilatā). — nāga° the iron wood tree: see under nāga; pūti° a sort of creeper (q.v.). On latā in similes see JPTS 1907, 130. 2. (figurative) an epithet of taṇhā (greed), as much as it strangles its victim Dhs 1059, 1136; Nett 24, 121. 3. (figurative) streak, flash, in vijjul-latā flash of lightning Ja I 103. -kamma creeper-work (combined with mālā-kamma) Vin II 117, 152.
【陰】 藤蔓，攀緣植物。~kamma,【中】 藤編。
(fem, fem) creeper; tendril; shoot creeper
(fem, fem, in comps) (of lightning) fork; streak; flash [lit.] creeper