lacesso
Latin
Etymology
From laciō (“I snare, entice”) + -essō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈkes.soː/, [ɫ̪äˈkɛs̠ːoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈt͡ʃes.so/, [läˈt͡ʃɛsːo]
Verb
lacessō (present infinitive lacessere, perfect active lacessīvī or lacessiī, supine lacessītum); third conjugation
- I excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate
- Synonyms: irrītō, fatīgō, angō, agitō, ūrō, peragō, concitō, sollicitō
- Antonym: cōnsōlor
- I attack or assail
- Synonyms: invādō, assiliō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, incidō, appetō, arripiō, inruō, incessō, invehō
- Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
- Motto of the Stuart dynasty of Scotland
- Nemo me impune lacessit
- No one attacks me unpunished.
- Nemo me impune lacessit
Conjugation
| Conjugation of lacessō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lacessō | lacessis | lacessit | lacessimus | lacessitis | lacessunt |
| imperfect | lacessēbam | lacessēbās | lacessēbat | lacessēbāmus | lacessēbātis | lacessēbant | |
| future | lacessam | lacessēs | lacesset | lacessēmus | lacessētis | lacessent | |
| perfect | lacessīvī, lacessiī | lacessīvistī, lacessiistī | lacessīvit, lacessiit | lacessīvimus, lacessiimus | lacessīvistis, lacessiistis | lacessīvērunt, lacessīvēre, lacessiērunt, lacessiēre | |
| pluperfect | lacessīveram, lacessieram | lacessīverās, lacessierās | lacessīverat, lacessierat | lacessīverāmus, lacessierāmus | lacessīverātis, lacessierātis | lacessīverant, lacessierant | |
| future perfect | lacessīverō, lacessierō | lacessīveris, lacessieris | lacessīverit, lacessierit | lacessīverimus, lacessierimus | lacessīveritis, lacessieritis | lacessīverint, lacessierint | |
| passive | present | lacessor | lacesseris, lacessere | lacessitur | lacessimur | lacessiminī | lacessuntur |
| imperfect | lacessēbar | lacessēbāris, lacessēbāre | lacessēbātur | lacessēbāmur | lacessēbāminī | lacessēbantur | |
| future | lacessar | lacessēris, lacessēre | lacessētur | lacessēmur | lacessēminī | lacessentur | |
| perfect | lacessītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lacessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | lacessītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | lacessam | lacessās | lacessat | lacessāmus | lacessātis | lacessant |
| imperfect | lacesserem | lacesserēs | lacesseret | lacesserēmus | lacesserētis | lacesserent | |
| perfect | lacessīverim, lacessierim | lacessīverīs, lacessierīs | lacessīverit, lacessierit | lacessīverīmus, lacessierīmus | lacessīverītis, lacessierītis | lacessīverint, lacessierint | |
| pluperfect | lacessīvissem, lacessiissem | lacessīvissēs, lacessiissēs | lacessīvisset, lacessiisset | lacessīvissēmus, lacessiissēmus | lacessīvissētis, lacessiissētis | lacessīvissent, lacessiissent | |
| passive | present | lacessar | lacessāris, lacessāre | lacessātur | lacessāmur | lacessāminī | lacessantur |
| imperfect | lacesserer | lacesserēris, lacesserēre | lacesserētur | lacesserēmur | lacesserēminī | lacesserentur | |
| perfect | lacessītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | lacessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | lacesse | — | — | lacessite | — |
| future | — | lacessitō | lacessitō | — | lacessitōte | lacessuntō | |
| passive | present | — | lacessere | — | — | lacessiminī | — |
| future | — | lacessitor | lacessitor | — | — | lacessuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | lacessere | lacessīvisse, lacessiisse | lacessītūrum esse | lacessī | lacessītum esse | lacessītum īrī | |
| participles | lacessēns | — | lacessītūrus | — | lacessītus | lacessendus, lacessundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| lacessendī | lacessendō | lacessendum | lacessendō | lacessītum | lacessītū | ||
References
- “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to provoke a person by a gratuitous insult: iniuria lacessere aliquem
- to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
- to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare
- to provoke a person by a gratuitous insult: iniuria lacessere aliquem