verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation
laciō
laciō (present infinitive lacere, perfect active licuī, supine lactum)
Classical[ˈɫa.ki.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.t͡ʃi.o]
Meaning
- rareto entice, ensnare
Lacit dēcipiendō indūcit. Lax etenim fraus est.
Lacit, deceives by beguiling. For lax means deceit.1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 116, line 15:8th C. CE, Glossae codicis Sangallensis, leaf 75 verso in Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum (volume IV), Georg Goetz (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, page 253, line 41
Lacit: to entice, to deceive
Conjugation
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | laciō | laciēbam | laciam | licuī | licueram | licuerō |
| 2nd sg. | lacis | laciēbās | laciēs | licuistī | licuerās | licueris |
| 3rd sg. | lacit | laciēbat | laciet | licuit | licuerat | licuerit |
| 1st pl. | lacimus | laciēbāmus | laciēmus | licuimus | licuerāmus | licuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | lacitis | laciēbātis | laciētis | licuistis | licuerātis | licueritis |
| 3rd pl. | laciunt | laciēbant | lacient | licuērunt licuēre | licuerant | licuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | laciam | lacerem | licuerim | licuissem |
| 2nd sg. | laciās | lacerēs | licuerīs | licuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | laciat | laceret | licuerit | licuisset |
| 1st pl. | laciāmus | lacerēmus | licuerīmus | licuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | laciātis | lacerētis | licuerītis | licuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | laciant | lacerent | licuerint | licuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | lacior | laciēbar | laciar |
| 2nd sg. | laceris lacere | laciēbāris laciēbāre | laciēris laciēre |
| 3rd sg. | lacitur | laciēbātur | laciētur |
| 1st pl. | lacimur | laciēbāmur | laciēmur |
| 2nd pl. | laciminī | laciēbāminī | laciēminī |
| 3rd pl. | laciuntur | laciēbantur | lacientur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | laciar | lacerer |
| 2nd sg. | laciāris laciāre | lacerēris lacerēre |
| 3rd sg. | laciātur | lacerētur |
| 1st pl. | laciāmur | lacerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | laciāminī | lacerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | laciantur | lacerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | lace | lacere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | lacite | laciminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | lacitō | lacitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | lacitō | lacitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | lacitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | laciuntō | laciuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | lacere | lacī |
| perfect infinitive | licuisse | lactum esse |
| future infinitive | lactūrum esse | lactum īrī |
| present participle | laciēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | lactus |
| future participle | lactūrus | laciendus laciundus, lacienda, laciendā, laciendae, laciendam, laciendārum, laciendās, laciende, laciendīs, laciendōrum, laciendōs |
gerundlaciendī, laciendō, laciendumsupinelactum, lactū
lăcĭo, ĕre, v. a. v. laqueus,
I. to entice, allure: lacit, in fraudem inducit. Inde est allicere et lacessere; inde lactat, illectat, delectat, oblectat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.; cf.:
lacit, decipiendo inducit. Lax etenim fraus est, id. ib. p. 116.Origins
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). For the sound change, compare lingua and lacrima. Unused outside of glosses, reconstructed by grammarian Festus Grammaticus to explain its derivatives, see laqueus, lacessō and frequentative lactō.