noun · femininethird declension
luēs
luēs f sg (genitive luis)
Classical[ˈɫu.eːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈluː.es]
Meaning
- plague, pestilence, epidemic
- figurativelyplague, misfortune
- New Latina disease, chiefly syphilis
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | luēs | — |
| genitive | luis | — |
| dative | luī | — |
| accusative | luem | — |
| ablative | lue | — |
| vocative | luēs | — |
lŭes, is (nom. lŭis, Prud. Hamart. 250; id. Psych. 508; old acc. lueruem, i. e. luerem for luem, Carm. Fratr. Arv.), f. akin to λοιμός; Sanscr. root lū, to cut; cf. λυτήρ, λύτρον, solvo,
I. a plague, pestilence.
I. Lit., Carm. Fratr. Arv.:
dira lues quondam Latias vitiaverat auras, Ov. M. 15, 626: lues et pestifer annus, Verg. A. 3, 139; Mart. 1, 79, 2; Luc. 2, 199; Licin. Macer. ap. Non. 52, 10.—II. Transf.
A. Any spreading evil, common calamity or misfortune; of war:
immensa belli lues, Tac. H. 3, 15; of an earthquake, id. A. 2, 47; of a tempest, Sen. Hippol. 1117.—B. As a term of abuse, of whatever has a blighting influence, a plague, pest, Cic. Harusp. Resp. 12:
saeva Thebarum lues, i. e. the Sphinx, Sen. Phoen. 131: illa horrida lues, of Hannibal, Sil. 10, 603: dira illa lues, id. 16, 622: pellere saevam Quondam fata luem dederunt Aquilone creatis, i. e. the Harpies, Val. Fl. 4, 431. —C. Decay, corruption:
morum, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 27.lŭes, is, f. cf. λύω,
I. that which is not bound; hence, fluid, water not frozen:
paulo ante lues, jam considenda jacebat, Petr. 123.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
luēs is, f
1 LV-, a plague, pestilence, infection : dira, O.: lues et letifer annus, V.— A spreading evil, calamity : asperrima in Sardianos (of an earthquake), Ta.: belli immensa, Ta.—As a term of abuse, a plague, pest : haec lues impura.
Origins
Perhaps from luō (“wash”) or from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”) (cognate with λῦμα (lûma, “dirt”) and Old Irish loth (“mud”)).