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	licuērunt, licuēre
	pluperfect	licueram	licuerās	licuerat	licuerāmus	licuerātis	licuerant
	future perfect	licuerō	licueris	licuerit	licuerimus	licueritis	licuerint
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
	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	laciāris, laciāre	laciātur	laciāmur	laciāminī	laciantur
	imperfect	lacerer	lacerēris, lacerēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lacere	licuisse	lactūrum esse	lacī	lactum esse	lactum īrī
participles		laciēns	—	lactūrus	—	lactus	laciendus, laciundus
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

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.

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014