lacesso

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lacessere			lacessī			lacessēns			—
future		lacessītūrum esse			lacessītum īrī			lacessītūrus			lacessendus, lacessundus
perfect		lacessīvisse, lacessiisse			lacessītum esse			—			lacessītus
future perfect		—			lacessītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lacessītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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