lassus

English

Noun

lassus

  1. plural of lassu

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lh₁d-to-. Cognate with Albanian lodh [1], Old English læt (“late, slow, sluggish, tardy”). More at late.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lassus (feminine lassa, neuter lassum); first/second declension

  1. weary, faint, tired
  2. exhausted, used up

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lassus lassa lassum lassī lassae lassa
Genitive lassī lassae lassī lassōrum lassārum lassōrum
Dative lassō lassae lassō lassīs lassīs lassīs
Accusative lassum lassam lassum lassōs lassās lassa
Ablative lassō lassā lassō lassīs lassīs lassīs
Vocative lasse lassa lassum lassī lassae lassa
  • comparative: lassior, superlative: lassissimus

Descendants

References
  • lassus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lassus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lassus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • lassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • lassus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Middle French

Etymology

Old French lassus, from la (“there”) +‎ sus (“upon; on top of”).

Preposition

lassus

  1. up there

References
  • lassus on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (lassus)
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