noun · masculine
lessus
lessus m (accusative singular lessum)
Meaning
- masculinewailing, cry, funeral lamentation
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| accusative | lessum | — |
lessus, acc. um (only in
I. acc. sing.), m., a wailing, cry, funeral lamentation:
mulieres genas ne radunto, neve lessum funeris ergo habento, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 59; but a false reading for pausam, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(lessus) —, acc. um, m
cf. 1 latro, a wailing, funeral lamentation : funeris, XII Tabb. ap. C.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with latrō, lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).