Latin edit

Etymology edit

From laesus, perfect passive participle of laedō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

laesiō f (genitive laesiōnis); third declension

  1. hurt, harm, injury
  2. personal attack (in oratory)

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laesiō laesiōnēs
Genitive laesiōnis laesiōnum
Dative laesiōnī laesiōnibus
Accusative laesiōnem laesiōnēs
Ablative laesiōne laesiōnibus
Vocative laesiō laesiōnēs

Descendants edit

  • Neapolitan: lesone
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Old Spanish: lisión

Borrowings:

References edit

Further reading edit

  • laesio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laesio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laesio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.