lessus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root).[1] Cognate with latrō, lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).
Noun edit
lessus m (accusative singular lessum) (declension unknown)
- wailing, cry, funeral lamentation
Usage notes edit
This word is only found in the accusative singular. It has no recorded genitive, dative, or plural forms.
References edit
- “lessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “lessus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 787