lacio

See also: Lacio and Lácio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakiō (“to draw, pull”), with no known cognates in any other Indo-European languages.

Unused in Latin, except by grammarian Festus Grammaticus to explain its derivatives, see laqueus, lacessō and frequentative lactō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.ki.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈläːt͡ʃio]

Verb

laciō (present infinitive lacere); third conjugation iō-variant, no perfect or supine stem

1. I entice, ensnare

Conjugation

Conjugation of laciō (third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laciō	lacis	lacit	lacimus	lacitis	laciunt
	imperfect	laciēbam	laciēbās	laciēbat	laciēbāmus	laciēbātis	laciēbant
	future	laciam	laciēs	laciet	laciēmus	laciētis	lacient
passive	present	lacior	laceris, lacere	lacitur	lacimur	laciminī	laciuntur
	imperfect	laciēbar	laciēbāris, laciēbāre	laciēbātur	laciēbāmur	laciēbāminī	laciēbantur
	future	laciar	laciēris, laciēre	laciētur	laciēmur	laciēminī	lacientur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	laciam	laciās	laciat	laciāmus	laciātis	laciant
	imperfect	lacerem	lacerēs	laceret	lacerēmus	lacerētis	lacerent
passive	present	laciar	laciāris, laciāre	laciātur	laciāmur	laciāminī	laciantur
	imperfect	lacerer	lacerēris, lacerēre	lacerētur	lacerēmur	lacerēminī	lacerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lace	—	—	lacite	—
	future	—	lacitō	lacitō	—	lacitōte	laciuntō
passive	present	—	lacere	—	—	laciminī	—
	future	—	lacitor	lacitor	—	—	laciuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lacere	—	—	lacī	—	—
participles		laciēns	—	—	—	—	laciendus, laciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		laciendī	laciendō	laciendum	laciendō	—	—

Derived terms

• alliciō
• conliciō
• dēliciō
• ēliciō
• illiciō
• lacessō
• pelliciō
• prōliciō

References

• “lacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish llacio, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin flaccidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈlaθjo/ [ˈla.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈlasjo/ [ˈla.sjo]

Adjective

lacio (feminine lacia, masculine plural lacios, feminine plural lacias)

1. limp, flaccid, flabby

   Synonym: flácido

2. limp (lacking stiffness)
3. languid
4. straight (of hair)

Derived terms

• alaciar
• enlaciar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001