laesus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of laedō.

Participle

laesus (feminine laesa, neuter laesum); first/second-declension participle

1. hurt, injured, wounded
2. damaged
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.821:

     quī maculās laesīs dē vestibus aufers

     you who remove stains from damaged garments

3. offended
4. thwarted
5. betrayed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	laesus	laesa	laesum		laesī	laesae	laesa
Genitive	laesī	laesae	laesī		laesōrum	laesārum	laesōrum
Dative	laesō		laesō		laesīs
Accusative	laesum	laesam	laesum		laesōs	laesās	laesa
Ablative	laesō	laesā	laesō		laesīs
Vocative	laese	laesa	laesum		laesī	laesae	laesa

Derived terms

• illaesus
• laesiō

Descendants

• Catalan: les
• French: léser
• Italian: leso, lesivo
• Portuguese: leso, lesar
• Sicilian: lesu
• Spanish: leso

References

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