lacesso

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Latin

Etymology

From laciō (“I snare, entice”) +‎ -essō.

Pronunciation

Verb

lacessō (present infinitive lacessere, perfect active lacessīvī or lacessiī, supine lacessītum); third conjugation

  1. to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate
    Synonyms: irrītō, fatīgō, angō, agitō, ūrō, peragō, concitō, sollicitō
    Antonym: cōnsōlor
  2. to 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 lacessitNemo me impune lacessit
      No one attacks me unpunished.

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
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