lasso

See also: Lasso

English

Alternative forms

lassu (archaic)
lazo (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

Pronunciation

(UK, Canada) enPR: lăso͝o', ləso͝o', IPA^(key): /læsˈuː/, /ləsˈuː/
(US) enPR: lăs'ō, lăs'o͝o, IPA^(key): /ˈlæs.oʊ/, /ˈlæs.u/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Noun

lasso (plural lassos or lassoes)

A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
(computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Descendants

→ Czech: laso
→ Dutch: lasso
→ Finnish: lasso
→ German: Lasso
→ Hungarian: lasszó
→ Italian: lasso
→ Macedonian: ласо (laso)
→ Russian: лассо́ (lassó)
→ Slovene: laso

Translations

a long rope with a sliding loop

Bashkir: ҡороҡ (qoroq)
Bulgarian: ласо n (laso)
Czech: laso (cs) n
Esperanto: kaptoŝnuro, lazo
Finnish: lasso (fi)
Galician: lazo (gl) m
German: Lasso (de)
Hebrew: לָסוֹ‎ m (láso), פַּלְצוּר‎ (he) m (paltzúr)
Hungarian: lasszó (hu)
Hunsrik: Lass m
Icelandic: snara f, slöngvivaður m
Italian: lacciaia f
Ladino: lago m (לאגו), atadijo m
Latin: laqueum n, capulus m, capulum n
Macedonian: ласо n (laso), јамка f (jamka)
Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭬𐭭𐭣‎ (kamand)
Mongolian: лассо (lasso)
Navajo: tłʼóół
Persian: کمند‎ (fa) (kamand)
Polish: lasso (pl) n, arkan (pl) m
Portuguese: laço (pt) m
Russian: лассо́ (ru) n (lassó), арка́н (ru) m (arkán)
Slovene: laso (sl) m pl
Spanish: lazo (es)
Swedish: lasso (sv) n
Thai: บ่วง (th) (bùuang), บ่วงบาศ
Tibetan: ཞགས་པ (zhags pa)
Turkish: kement (tr)
Vietnamese: thòng lọng (vi)
Westrobothnian: sjwåpp m

Verb

lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

(transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Derived terms

lassoer
lassoist

Translations

to catch with a lasso

Catalan: enllaçar (ca)
Czech: zalasovat
Finnish: lassota (fi)
Hungarian: meglasszóz
Icelandic: snara
Portuguese: laçar (pt)
Russian: заарка́нить (ru) pf (zaarkánitʹ)
Spanish: lacear (es), lazar (es)
Westrobothnian: sjwååpp

Anagrams

soals

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.soː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: las‧so

Noun

lasso m (plural lasso's, diminutive lassootje n)

lasso

Derived terms

lassoën

Finnish

Etymology

English lasso

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːo/, [ˈlɑs̠ːo̞]
Rhymes: -ɑsːo
Syllabification^(key): las‧so

Noun

lasso

lasso

Declension

Inflection of lasso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		lasso	lassot
genitive		lasson	lassojen
partitive		lassoa	lassoja
illative		lassoon	lassoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lasso	lassot
accusative	nom.	lasso	lassot
accusative	gen.	lasson	lassot
genitive		lasson	lassojen
partitive		lassoa	lassoja
inessive		lassossa	lassoissa
elative		lassosta	lassoista
illative		lassoon	lassoihin
adessive		lassolla	lassoilla
ablative		lassolta	lassoilta
allative		lassolle	lassoille
essive		lassona	lassoina
translative		lassoksi	lassoiksi
instructive		—	lassoin
abessive		lassotta	lassoitta
comitative		—	lassoineen

Possessive forms of lasso (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lassoni	lassomme
2nd person	lassosi	lassonne
3rd person	lassonsa

Derived terms

lassota

French

Etymology

From English lasso.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.so/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -so

Noun

lasso m (plural lassos)

lasso

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas.so/
Rhymes: -asso
Hyphenation: làs‧so

Etymology 1

From Latin lassus (“weary, tired”). For the interjection, compare French hélas, English alas.

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (obsolete, literary)

tired, weary, fatigued, weak
Synonyms: affaticato, provato, stanco, spossato
Antonyms: energico, gagliardo, riposato
- early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto I”, in Inferno, lines 28–30:
  Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso, / ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, / sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso.
  After my weary body I had rested, ⁠the way resumed I on the desert slope, ⁠so that the firm foot ever was the lower.
miserable, unhappy, bleak
Synonyms: infelice, misero, tapino
Antonyms: beato, contento, felice

Interjection

lasso

alas
Synonym: ahimè
- early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto V”, in Inferno, lines 112–114:
  Quando rispuosi, cominciai: “Oh lasso, / quanti dolci pensier, quanto disio / menò costoro al doloroso passo!”.
  When I answered, I began: "Alas! ⁠How many sweet thoughts, how much desire, conducted them unto the painful way!"

Etymology 2

From Latin laxus (“yielding, loose”).

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (dated, literary)

lax, loose
Synonyms: lasco, lento
Antonym: stretto
(figurative) lax, lenient, permissive
Synonyms: lassista, permissivo
Antonyms: intransigente, inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso

Related terms

lassamente
lassativo
lassismo
lasciare

Etymology 3

From Latin lāpsus, perfect participle of lābor (“to slip, flow”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

period (of time). Only used in lasso di tempo (“period of time”).
Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo.
This procedure takes a period of time.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lazo and laccio.

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

lariat, lasso
Synonyms: laccio, lazo

Etymology 5

Deverbal from lassare +‎ -o, variant of lasciare (“to leave, to allow”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

(obsolete) Alternative form of lassa

Anagrams

Salso, salso

Latin

Etymology

From lassus (“faint, weary”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äs̠ːoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.so/, [ˈläsːo]

Verb

lassō (present infinitive lassāre, perfect active lassāvī, supine lassātum); first conjugation

(transitive) I exhaust, fatigue, tire, weary, wear out or down; I render faint.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.516:
  lassābant agilēs aspera bella virōs
  Harsh wars were exhausting the able-bodied men.
  Harsh wars were wearing down [otherwise] able-bodied men.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lassō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lassō	lassās	lassat	lassāmus	lassātis	lassant
	imperfect	lassābam	lassābās	lassābat	lassābāmus	lassābātis	lassābant
	future	lassābō	lassābis	lassābit	lassābimus	lassābitis	lassābunt
	perfect	lassāvī	lassāvistī	lassāvit	lassāvimus	lassāvistis	lassāvērunt, lassāvēre
	pluperfect	lassāveram	lassāverās	lassāverat	lassāverāmus	lassāverātis	lassāverant
	future perfect	lassāverō	lassāveris	lassāverit	lassāverimus	lassāveritis	lassāverint
passive	present	lassor	lassāris, lassāre	lassātur	lassāmur	lassāminī	lassantur
	imperfect	lassābar	lassābāris, lassābāre	lassābātur	lassābāmur	lassābāminī	lassābantur
	future	lassābor	lassāberis, lassābere	lassābitur	lassābimur	lassābiminī	lassābuntur
	perfect	lassātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lassātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lassātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lassem	lassēs	lasset	lassēmus	lassētis	lassent
	imperfect	lassārem	lassārēs	lassāret	lassārēmus	lassārētis	lassārent
	perfect	lassāverim	lassāverīs	lassāverit	lassāverīmus	lassāverītis	lassāverint
	pluperfect	lassāvissem	lassāvissēs	lassāvisset	lassāvissēmus	lassāvissētis	lassāvissent
passive	present	lasser	lassēris, lassēre	lassētur	lassēmur	lassēminī	lassentur
	imperfect	lassārer	lassārēris, lassārēre	lassārētur	lassārēmur	lassārēminī	lassārentur
	perfect	lassātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lassātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lassā	—	—	lassāte	—
active	future	—	lassātō	lassātō	—	lassātōte	lassantō
passive	present	—	lassāre	—	—	lassāminī	—
passive	future	—	lassātor	lassātor	—	—	lassantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lassāre	lassāvisse	lassātūrum esse	lassārī	lassātum esse	lassātum īrī
participles		lassāns	—	lassātūrus	—	lassātus	lassandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lassandī	lassandō	lassandum	lassandō	lassātum	lassātū

Derived terms

dēlassō

Related terms

lassescō
lassitūdō
lassulus
lassus

Descendants

→ Catalan: lassar
French: lasser

Adjective

lassō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lassus (“tired; exhausted”)

References

“lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lasso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
lasso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus (“noose, trap”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlas.sɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -assɔ
Syllabification: las‧so

Noun

lasso n

lasso (long rope with a sliding loop)
Synonym: arkan

Declension

Declension of lasso

	singular	plural
nominative	lasso	lassa
genitive	lassa	lass
dative	lassu	lassom
accusative	lasso	lassa
instrumental	lassem	lassami
locative	lassie	lassach
vocative	lasso	lassa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese lasso, from Latin lassus (“weary; exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *led- (“slow; weary”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈla.su/

(Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈla.s̺u]
Rhymes: -asu
Homophone: laço
Hyphenation: las‧so

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lassas)

weary; very tired; exhausted
Synonyms: cansadíssimo, exausto, fatigado
Antonym: descansado
(of a person) degenerate; dissolute (unrestrained by morality)
Synonyms: degenerado, devasso, imoral, indecente
Antonyms: casto, decente, decoroso
lax; loose (not tight)
Synonyms: frouxo, lasseiro, laxo, relaxado, solto
Antonyms: apertado, retesado
worn out (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)
Synonyms: gasto, laxo

Related terms

lassar
lasseiro
lassidão
lassidez
lassitude

Swedish

Etymology

From English lasso.

Noun

lasso n

lasso

Declension

Declension of lasso
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lasso	lassot	lasson	lassona
Genitive	lassos	lassots	lassons	lassonas

lasso

English

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Finnish

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French

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Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Interjection

Etymology 2

Adjective

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Noun

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Noun

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Latin

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Swedish

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