† latic, a. Obs. rare.
In 7 latick.
[ad. mod.L. latic-a, a. Arab. laþiqa{suph} (Avicenna Qānūn iv. fen 1, treat. ii. p. 23).]
A quotidian fever, or phlegmatic fever, in which there are no symptoms of apyrexy or intermission (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1855).
1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 226 In a Phlegmatick Ague, which the Arabians call Latick, or Latent. Ibid., In a Latick Ague we must have a care of Purges. |