lacio

See also: Lacio and Lácio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of uncertain further origin. Possibly related to lacer (“torn, mangled”).

Prósper (2019, 30-4) argues it is from the zero-grade of *deh₃- (“to give”), with a semantic evolution of “‘fraud, deception’ (< ‘decoy, lure’ < ‘something offered to sight’)” (p. 33).

Unused outside of glosses, reconstructed 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, perfect active licuī, supine lactum); third conjugation iō-variant (very rare)

1. to entice, ensnare
   • 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 116, line 15:

     Lacit dēcipiendō indūcit. Lax etenim fraus est.

     Lacit, deceives by beguiling. For lax means deceit.

   • 8th C. CE, Glossae codicis Sangallensis, leaf 75 verso in Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum (volume IV), Georg Goetz (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, page 253, line 41:

     Lacit captat suādet

     Lacit: to entice, to deceive

Conjugation

   Conjugation of laciō (third conjugation iō-variant)

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
	perfect	licuī		licuistī		licuit		licuimus		licuistis		licuēre, licuērunt
	pluperfect	licueram		licuerās		licuerat		licuerāmus		licuerātis		licuerant
	future perfect	licuerō		licueris		licuerit		licuerimus		licueritis		licuerint
passive	present	lacior		lacere, laceris		lacitur		lacimur		laciminī		laciuntur
	imperfect	laciēbar		laciēbāre, laciēbāris		laciēbātur		laciēbāmur		laciēbāminī		laciēbantur
	future	laciar		laciēre, laciēris		laciētur		laciēmur		laciēminī		lacientur
	perfect	lactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	laciam		laciās		laciat		laciāmus		laciātis		laciant
	imperfect	lacerem		lacerēs		laceret		lacerēmus		lacerētis		lacerent
	perfect	licuerim		licuerīs		licuerit		licuerīmus		licuerītis		licuerint
	pluperfect	licuissem		licuissēs		licuisset		licuissēmus		licuissētis		licuissent
passive	present	laciar		laciāre, laciāris		laciātur		laciāmur		laciāminī		laciantur
	imperfect	lacerer		lacerēre, lacerēris		lacerētur		lacerēmur		lacerēminī		lacerentur
	perfect	lactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		lacere			lacī			laciēns			—
future		lactūrum esse			lactum īrī			lactūrus			laciendus, laciundus
perfect		licuisse			lactum esse			—			lactus
future perfect		—			lactum fore			—			—
perfect potential		lactūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		laciendī		laciendō		laciendum		laciendō		lactum		lactū

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “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.

Spanish

FWOTD – 4 August 2023

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish llacio, from Latin flaccidus. Doublet of flácido.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈlaθjo/ [ˈla.θjo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlasjo/ [ˈla.sjo]
• Rhymes: -aθjo
• Rhymes: -asjo
• Syllabification: la‧cio

Adjective

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

1. limp, flaccid, flabby

   Synonyms: flácido, marchito

   • 2011, Carolina Gonzalez Vergara, Porque Se Destruyo la Tierra?:

     Gabriela sentía sus piernas como de género lacias y débiles

     Gabriela felt her legs all limp and weak

2. limp (lacking stiffness)
   • 2012, Juan Francisco Ferré, Karnaval:

     bajándole la cremallera del pantalón y extrayendo un pene lacio, grande pero flácido

     pulling down his flies and taking out a limp penis, big but flaccid

3. languid
   • 1911, Miguel de Unamuno, “Civilitas”, in Rosario de sonetos líricos:

     La envidia de morder nunca se sacia
     pues no come; por eso es que no engorda,
     y á la pobre alma á la que sola aborda
     de puro soledad la pone lacia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. straight (of hair)

   Synonym: liso

   Antonym: rizado

   • 1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:

     se incorporó Amparo, apartando de la frente los negros cabellos lacios con el sudor que los empapaba

     Amparo got to his feet, wiping his straight black locks from his forehead with the sweat dripping off them.

5. worthless

Derived terms

• alaciar
• enlaciar
• laciamente

Further reading

• “lacio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10