lacesso

Latin

Etymology

From laciō (“I snare, entice”) +‎ -essō.

Pronunciation

Verb

lacessō (present infinitive lacessere, perfect active lacessīvī or lacessiī, supine lacessītum); third conjugation

  1. to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate
    Synonyms: irrītō, fatīgō, angō, agitō, ūrō, peragō, concitō, sollicitō
    Antonym: cōnsōlor
  2. to attack or assail
    Synonyms: invādō, assiliō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, incidō, appetō, arripiō, inruō, incessō, invehō
    Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
    • Motto of the Stuart dynasty of Scotland
      Nemo me impune lacessitNemo me impune lacessit
      No one attacks me unpunished.

Conjugation
   Conjugation of lacessō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lacessō lacessis lacessit lacessimus lacessitis lacessunt
imperfect lacessēbam lacessēbās lacessēbat lacessēbāmus lacessēbātis lacessēbant
future lacessam lacessēs lacesset lacessēmus lacessētis lacessent
perfect lacessīvī,
lacessiī		 lacessīvistī,
lacessiistī		 lacessīvit,
lacessiit		 lacessīvimus,
lacessiimus		 lacessīvistis,
lacessiistis		 lacessīvērunt,
lacessīvēre,
lacessiērunt,
lacessiēre
pluperfect lacessīveram,
lacessieram		 lacessīverās,
lacessierās		 lacessīverat,
lacessierat		 lacessīverāmus,
lacessierāmus		 lacessīverātis,
lacessierātis		 lacessīverant,
lacessierant
future perfect lacessīverō,
lacessierō		 lacessīveris,
lacessieris		 lacessīverit,
lacessierit		 lacessīverimus,
lacessierimus		 lacessīveritis,
lacessieritis		 lacessīverint,
lacessierint
passive present lacessor lacesseris,
lacessere		 lacessitur lacessimur lacessiminī lacessuntur
imperfect lacessēbar lacessēbāris,
lacessēbāre		 lacessēbātur lacessēbāmur lacessēbāminī lacessēbantur
future lacessar lacessēris,
lacessēre		 lacessētur lacessēmur lacessēminī lacessentur
perfect lacessītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lacessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lacessītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lacessam lacessās lacessat lacessāmus lacessātis lacessant
imperfect lacesserem lacesserēs lacesseret lacesserēmus lacesserētis lacesserent
perfect lacessīverim,
lacessierim		 lacessīverīs,
lacessierīs		 lacessīverit,
lacessierit		 lacessīverīmus,
lacessierīmus		 lacessīverītis,
lacessierītis		 lacessīverint,
lacessierint
pluperfect lacessīvissem,
lacessiissem		 lacessīvissēs,
lacessiissēs		 lacessīvisset,
lacessiisset		 lacessīvissēmus,
lacessiissēmus		 lacessīvissētis,
lacessiissētis		 lacessīvissent,
lacessiissent
passive present lacessar lacessāris,
lacessāre		 lacessātur lacessāmur lacessāminī lacessantur
imperfect lacesserer lacesserēris,
lacesserēre		 lacesserētur lacesserēmur lacesserēminī lacesserentur
perfect lacessītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lacessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lacesse — — lacessite —
future — lacessitō lacessitō — lacessitōte lacessuntō
passive present — lacessere — — lacessiminī —
future — lacessitor lacessitor — — lacessuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lacessere lacessīvisse,
lacessiisse		 lacessītūrum esse lacessī lacessītum esse lacessītum īrī
participles lacessēns — lacessītūrus — lacessītus lacessendus,
lacessundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lacessendī lacessendō lacessendum lacessendō lacessītum lacessītū

References
  • “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to provoke a person by a gratuitous insult: iniuria lacessere aliquem
    • to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
    • to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare
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