LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

laesiō

laesiō f (genitive laesiōnis)
Classical[ˈɫae̯.si.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.s̬i.o]

Meaning

  1. hurt, harm, injury
  2. personal attack (in oratory)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelaesiōlaesiōnēs
genitivelaesiōnislaesiōnum
dativelaesiōnīlaesiōnibus
accusativelaesiōnemlaesiōnēs
ablativelaesiōnelaesiōnibus
vocativelaesiōlaesiōnēs

laesĭo, ōnis, f. laedo,
I. a hurting, injuring.
I. Lit. (only in late Lat.): si quod, absente socio, ad laesionem fecit, Dig. 10, 3, 28: quae non ad publicam laesionem respiciunt, ib. 2, 14, 7, § 14: irritat laesio dolorem, Lact. Ira D. 17 med.: regis, Vulg. 1 Esdr. 4, 14: nulla laesio est in eo quia credidit Deo, id. Dan. 6, 23.—*
II. Rhet. t. t., a personal attack by an orator on his opponent: purgatio, conciliatio, laesio, optatio atque exsecratio, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 205.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin laesiō From laedō + -tiō.

Elsewhere
  • Catalanlesió
  • Englishlesion
  • Frenchlésion
  • GermanLäsion
  • Italianlesione
  • Portugueselesão
  • Romanianleziune
  • Spanishlesión
  • Neapolitanlesone
  • Old Spanishlisión
Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portuguesealeijão
  • Galicianaleixón

Quick answers

What does laesiō mean in Latin?
laesiō, a noun, means “hurt, harm, injury; personal attack (in oratory)”.
What is the genitive of laesiō?
The genitive singular is laesiōnis. laesiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce laesiō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫae̯.si.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlɛː.s̬i.o].