laesio

Latin

Etymology

From laedō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlae̯.si.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äe̯s̠ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.si.o/, [ˈlɛːs̬io]

Noun

laesiō f (genitive laesiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	laesiō	laesiōnēs
genitive	laesiōnis	laesiōnum
dative	laesiōnī	laesiōnibus
accusative	laesiōnem	laesiōnēs
ablative	laesiōne	laesiōnibus
vocative	laesiō	laesiōnēs

Descendants

• Neapolitan: lesone
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: aleixón
  • Portuguese: aleijão
• Old Spanish: lisión

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: lesió
• → Czech: léze
• → English: lesion
• → Old French: lesion
• → French: lésion
• → Galician: lesión
• → German: Läsion
• → Italian: lesione
• → Portuguese: lesão
• → Romanian: leziune
• → Slovak: lézia
• → Sicilian: lisiuni
• → Spanish: lesión

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “laesio”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 129

Further reading

• “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.