lacio

See also: Lacio and Lácio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of uncertain further origin. Possibly related to lacer (“torn, mangled”).[1]

Prósper (2019, 30-4) argues it is from the zero-grade of *deh₃- (“to give”), with a semantic evolution of “‘fraud, deception’ (< ‘decoy, lure’ < ‘something offered to sight’)” (p. 33). For the sound change, compare lingua and lacrima.

Unused outside of glosses, reconstructed by grammarian Festus Grammaticus to explain its derivatives, see laqueus, lacessō and frequentative lactō.

Pronunciation

Verb

laciō (present infinitive lacere, perfect active licuī, supine lactum); third conjugation iō-variant (very rare)

  1. to entice, ensnare
    • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 116, line 15:
      Lacit dēcipiendō indūcit. Lax etenim fraus est.
      Lacit, deceives by beguiling. For lax means deceit.
    • 8th C. CE, Glossae codicis Sangallensis, leaf 75 verso in Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum (volume IV), Georg Goetz (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, page 253, line 41:
      Lacit captat suādet
      Lacit: to entice, to deceive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of laciō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present laciō lacis lacit lacimus lacitis laciunt
imperfect laciēbam laciēbās laciēbat laciēbāmus laciēbātis laciēbant
future laciam laciēs laciet laciēmus laciētis lacient
perfect licuī licuistī licuit licuimus licuistis licuērunt,
licuēre
pluperfect licueram licuerās licuerat licuerāmus licuerātis licuerant
future perfect licuerō licueris licuerit licuerimus licueritis licuerint
passive present lacior laceris,
lacere 		lacitur lacimur laciminī laciuntur
imperfect laciēbar laciēbāris,
laciēbāre 		laciēbātur laciēbāmur laciēbāminī laciēbantur
future laciar laciēris,
laciēre 		laciētur laciēmur laciēminī lacientur
perfect lactus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present laciam laciās laciat laciāmus laciātis laciant
imperfect lacerem lacerēs laceret lacerēmus lacerētis lacerent
perfect licuerim licuerīs licuerit licuerīmus licuerītis licuerint
pluperfect licuissem licuissēs licuisset licuissēmus licuissētis licuissent
passive present laciar laciāris,
laciāre 		laciātur laciāmur laciāminī laciantur
imperfect lacerer lacerēris,
lacerēre 		lacerētur lacerēmur lacerēminī lacerentur
perfect lactus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lace — — lacite —
future — lacitō lacitō — lacitōte laciuntō
passive present — lacere — — laciminī —
future — lacitor lacitor — — laciuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present lacere lacī laciēns —
future lactūrum esse lactum īrī lactūrus laciendus,
laciundus
perfect licuisse lactum esse — lactus
future perfect — lactum fore — —
perfect potential lactūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
laciendī laciendō laciendum laciendō lactum lactū

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “laciō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-2

Further reading

  • “lacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

FWOTD – 4 August 2023

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish llacio, from Latin flaccidus. Doublet of flácido.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lacio (feminine lacia, masculine plural lacios, feminine plural lacias)

  1. limp, flaccid, flabby
    Synonyms: flácido, marchito
    • 2011, Carolina Gonzalez Vergara, Porque Se Destruyo la Tierra?:
      Gabriela sentía sus piernas como de género lacias y débiles
      Gabriela felt her legs all limp and weak
  2. limp (lacking stiffness)
    • 2012, Juan Francisco Ferré, Karnaval:
      bajándole la cremallera del pantalón y extrayendo un pene lacio, grande pero flácido
      pulling down his flies and taking out a limp penis, big but flaccid
  3. languid
    • 1911, Miguel de Unamuno, “Civilitas”, in Rosario de sonetos líricos:
      La envidia de morder nunca se sacia
      pues no come; por eso es que no engorda,
      y á la pobre alma á la que sola aborda
      de puro soledad la pone lacia.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. straight (of hair)
    Synonym: liso
    Antonym: rizado
    • 1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:
      se incorporó Amparo, apartando de la frente los negros cabellos lacios con el sudor que los empapaba
      Amparo got to his feet, wiping his straight black locks from his forehead with the sweat dripping off them.
  5. worthless

Derived terms

Further reading

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