lasanum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λάσανον (lásanon), possibly a Pre-Greek loan.

Noun

lasanum n (genitive lasanī); second declension

1. A cooking pot
2. A closestool

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lasanum	lasana
Genitive	lasanī	lasanōrum
Dative	lasanō	lasanīs
Accusative	lasanum	lasana
Ablative	lasanō	lasanīs
Vocative	lasanum	lasana

Descendants

• ⇒ Italian: lasagna

References

• “lasanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lasanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lasanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN