laesus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of laedō.

Participle

laesus (feminine laesa, neuter laesum); first/second-declension participle

  1. hurt, injured, wounded
  2. damaged
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.821:
      quī maculās laesīs dē vestibus aufers
      you who remove stains from damaged garments
  3. offended
  4. thwarted
  5. betrayed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative laesus laesa laesum laesī laesae laesa
genitive laesī laesae laesī laesōrum laesārum laesōrum
dative laesō laesae laesō laesīs
accusative laesum laesam laesum laesōs laesās laesa
ablative laesō laesā laesō laesīs
vocative laese laesa laesum laesī laesae laesa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: les
  • French: léser
  • Italian: leso, lesivo
  • Portuguese: leso, lesar
  • Sicilian: lesu
  • Spanish: leso

References

  • “laesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “laesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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