latent

latent [léɪtnt]「隠れている、潜在的な」

※ "concealed, secret," from Latin latentem (nominative latens) "lying hid, concealed, secret, unknown," present participle of latere "lie hidden, lurk, be concealed," from PIE *late-, suffixed form of root *lādh- "to be hidden" (source also of Greek lēthē "forgetfulness, oblivion," lēthargos "forgetful," lathre "secretly, by stealth," lathrios "stealthy," lanthanein "to be hidden;" Old Church Slavonic lajati "to lie in wait for"). Meaning "dormant, undeveloped" is from 1680s, originally in medicine.

「0点取って 隠れてる。」

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形容詞

a

隠れている，見えない.

latent powers 潜在(能)力.

b

叙述的用法の形容詞 〔…に〕潜んで 〔in〕.

dangers latent in the situation その事態の底に潜む危険.

【医学】〈病気が〉潜伏性[期]の.

the latent period (病気の)潜伏期.

latently 副詞

【語源】

ラテン語「潜む」の意