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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German lūs, from Old High German lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs. Cognate with German Laus, Dutch luis, English louse, Icelandic lús.
Noun
laus f (plural lòize)
- (Sette Comuni) louse
Declension
Declension of laus – 2nd declension
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Derived terms
References
- “laus” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Copainalá Zoque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish clavos (“nails”), plural of clavo (“nail”). C.f. Francisco León Zoque lavusy.
Noun
laus
- nail
References
- Harrison, Roy, Harrison, Margaret, García H., Cástulo (1981) Diccionario zoque de Copainalá (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 23) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 71
Gothic
Romanization
laus
- Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃
Gutnish
Etymology
From Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic *lausaz.
Adjective
laus
- loose
Derived terms
Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lauss.
Pronunciation
Adjective
laus (comparative lausari, superlative lausastur)
- loose
- free to go
- available
- vacant
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
positive (weak declension)
superlative (strong declension)
superlative (weak declension)
See also
Latin
Etymology
Unclear. Accepting a shift of Proto-Italic *ow to Latin au in pretonic positions,[n 1] the term reflects a Proto-Indo-European *le/ow-V́-d(h)-, which is usually traced back to a tentative root *lew- (“to sing, praise”) together with Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, poem”). Connection with Old Irish loíd (“poem, lay”) is usually rejected.
Pronunciation
Noun
laus f (genitive laudis); third declension
- praise, glory, repute
- Synonym: admīrātiō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.517:
- plūs erat in gladiō quam curvō laudis arātrō
- there was more glory in the sword than in the curved plow.
(Literally, there was more of glory in the sword than in the curved plow; that is to say, soldiers were more glorified than farmers.)
- fame
- approbation, commendation
- merit, worth
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Learned borrowings:
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “laus, -dis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 330
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “lēu-, lāu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 683
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “laus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 776
Further reading
- “laus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “laus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- laus 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)
- laus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to praise, extol, commend a person: laude afficere aliquem
- to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
- to praise, extol, commend a person: eximia laude ornare aliquem
- to overwhelm with eulogy: omni laude cumulare aliquem
- to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
- to consider a thing creditable to a man: aliquid laudi alicui ducere, dare
- to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: gloriae, laudi esse
- to be very famous, illustrious: gloria, laude florere
- to be guided by ambition: laudis studio trahi
- to be consumed by the fires of ambition: gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare
- to be distinguished as a poet: poetica laude florere
- to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere
- the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
- (ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
- (ambiguous) to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
- (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere
- (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
- (ambiguous) to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: laudem afferre
- (ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
- (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
- (ambiguous) to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
- (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
- (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
- (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
- “laus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “laus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse lauss, of Germanic origin.
Adjective
laus
- loose
Descendants
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse lauss.
Pronunciation
Adjective
laus (neuter laust, definite singular and plural lause, comparative lausare, indefinite superlative lausast, definite superlative lausaste)
- loose
- flimsy
- free (not fastened)
- (archaic, derogatory) outside a legitime marriage (about a child or a woman having such a child)
Derived terms
See also
References
- “laus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Adjective
laus
- inflection of lauss:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English louse.
Noun
laus
- any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong *lu̯eiᴮ (“old”), perhaps borrowed from Middle Chinese 老 (lɑuX, “old”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
laus
- old
Derived terms
See also
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN.