laetus
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from *plaetus, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH- (“to like, feel friendly/well-disposed”), comparing with the name Plaetōrius. Cognate with Ancient Greek πρᾶος (prâos), Old English frēo (English free).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlae̯.tus/, [ˈɫae̯.tʊs]
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Adjective
laetus (feminine laeta, neuter laetum, comparative laetior, superlative laetissimus, adverb laetē); first/second-declension adjective
- happy
- Laetus sum. ― I (a man) am happy.
- Laeta sum. ― I (a woman) am happy.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | laetus | laeta | laetum | laetī | laetae | laeta | |
| Genitive | laetī | laetae | laetī | laetōrum | laetārum | laetōrum | |
| Dative | laetō | laetō | laetīs | ||||
| Accusative | laetum | laetam | laetum | laetōs | laetās | laeta | |
| Ablative | laetō | laetā | laetō | laetīs | |||
| Vocative | laete | laeta | laetum | laetī | laetae | laeta | |
Descendants
References
- laetus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laetus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- laetus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- laetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the laughing cornfields: laetae segetes
- the laughing cornfields: laetae segetes
- laetus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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