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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.sus/

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

• comparative: lassior, superlative: lassissimus

Related terms

• lassescō
• lassitūdō
• lassō
• lassulus

Descendants

• French: las
• Italian: lasso
• Spanish: lasso

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lassus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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)
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (lassus)