LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

lāser

lāser n (genitive lāseris)

Meaning

  1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida
    Laser e silphio profluens.The flowing juice from the silphium.
    Cuius sucus laser vocatur.Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.
  2. the plant laserpitium itself
    Lasaris radix.The root of the laserpitium.
  3. New LatinA device that produces laser
  4. New LatinThe laser beam.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelāserlāsera
genitivelāserislāserum
dativelāserīlāseribus
accusativelāserlāsera
ablativelāserelāseribus
vocativelāserlāsera

lāser (lāsar), ĕris, n.,
I. the juice of the plant laserpitium, assafœtida.
I. Lit.: laser e silphio profluens, Plin. 22, 23, 49, § 101; cf.: cujus sucum vocant laser, id. 19, 3, 15, § 38: laser Cyrenaicum vino diluere, Col. Arb. 23.—Jestingly of Maecenas: laser Arretinum, Aug. ap. Macr. S. 2, 4, 12. —Form lasar: lasaris radix, Apic. 8, 7.—
II. Meton., the plant laserpitium itself: laseris radix, Plin. 19, 8, 43, § 153; Scrib. Comp. 192: 196.

Quick answers

What does lāser mean in Latin?
lāser, a noun, means “the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida; the plant laserpitium itself; A device that produces laser”.
What is the genitive of lāser?
The genitive singular is lāseris. lāser is neuter, third declension.