Latā
Latā,(f.) [cp.Sk.latā,connected with Lat.lentus flexible; Ohg.lindi soft,E.lithe; also Ohg.lintea lime tree; Gr.e)lάth fir tree] 1.a slender tree,a creeping plant,creeper A.I,202 (māluvā°); Vv 355 (=vallī VvA.162); 474 (kosātakī l.); J.I,464 (rukkha°,here perhaps better “branch”); DhA.I,392 (°pasādhana:see under mahā°); Miln.253,351; VvA.12 (kappa°); PvA.51,121; Vism.183 (where the foll.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 J.P.T.S.1907,130.-- 2.(fig.) an epithet of taṇhā (greed),as much as it strangles its victim Dhs.1059,1136; Nett 24,121.-- 3.(fig.) streak,flash,in vijjul-latā flash of lightning J.I,103.
--kamma creeper-work (combd with mālā-kamma) Vin.II,117,152.(Page 580)