lacesso

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈkes.soː/, [ɫ̪äˈkɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈt͡ʃes.so/, [läˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

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 lacessit^{Nemo 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^[1], 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