1 P. (laṭati) To be a child.

2 To act like a child.

3 To talk like a child, prattle.

4 To cry.

A technical term used by Pāṇini to denote the Present tense or its terminations.

(cf. raṭ) cl.1 P. laṭati, to be a child or to cry Dha1tup. ix, 11. 115567 895,2 181202 m. (only L.) a thief 895,2 181203 m. one who speaks like a child or like a fool (= pramāda-vacana) Page895,3 181204 m. a fault defect. 115568 895,3 181205

(in gram.) a technical term for the terminations of the Present or for that tense itself (cf. 1. la). 115574 895,3 181211 m. N. of a treatise on the meaning of the Present tense. 115575 895,3 181212