lacesso

Latin

Etymology

From laciō (“I snare, entice”) +‎ -essō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈkes.soː/, [ɫ̪äˈkɛs̠ːoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈt͡ʃes.so/, [läˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

Verb

lacessō (present infinitive lacessere, perfect active lacessīvī or lacessiī, supine lacessītum); third conjugation

to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate
Synonyms: irrītō, fatīgō, angō, agitō, ūrō, peragō, concitō, sollicitō

Antonym: cōnsōlor
to attack or assail
Synonyms: invādō, assiliō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, incidō, appetō, arripiō, inruō, incessō, invehō

Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō
- Motto of the Stuart dynasty of Scotland
  Nemo me impune lacessit^{Nemo me impune lacessit}
  No one attacks me unpunished.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lacessō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	lacessō	lacessis		lacessit	lacessimus	lacessitis		lacessunt
	imperfect	lacessēbam	lacessēbās		lacessēbat	lacessēbāmus	lacessēbātis		lacessēbant
	future	lacessam	lacessēs		lacesset	lacessēmus	lacessētis		lacessent
	perfect	lacessīvī, lacessiī	lacessīvistī, lacessiistī		lacessīvit, lacessiit	lacessīvimus, lacessiimus	lacessīvistis, lacessiistis		lacessīvērunt, lacessīvēre, lacessiērunt, lacessiēre
	pluperfect	lacessīveram, lacessieram	lacessīverās, lacessierās		lacessīverat, lacessierat	lacessīverāmus, lacessierāmus	lacessīverātis, lacessierātis		lacessīverant, lacessierant
	future perfect	lacessīverō, lacessierō	lacessīveris, lacessieris		lacessīverit, lacessierit	lacessīverimus, lacessierimus	lacessīveritis, lacessieritis		lacessīverint, lacessierint
passive	present	lacessor	lacesseris, lacessere		lacessitur	lacessimur	lacessiminī		lacessuntur
	imperfect	lacessēbar	lacessēbāris, lacessēbāre		lacessēbātur	lacessēbāmur	lacessēbāminī		lacessēbantur
	future	lacessar	lacessēris, lacessēre		lacessētur	lacessēmur	lacessēminī		lacessentur
	perfect	lacessītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lacessītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lacessītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	lacessam	lacessās		lacessat	lacessāmus	lacessātis		lacessant
	imperfect	lacesserem	lacesserēs		lacesseret	lacesserēmus	lacesserētis		lacesserent
	perfect	lacessīverim, lacessierim	lacessīverīs, lacessierīs		lacessīverit, lacessierit	lacessīverīmus, lacessierīmus	lacessīverītis, lacessierītis		lacessīverint, lacessierint
	pluperfect	lacessīvissem, lacessiissem	lacessīvissēs, lacessiissēs		lacessīvisset, lacessiisset	lacessīvissēmus, lacessiissēmus	lacessīvissētis, lacessiissētis		lacessīvissent, lacessiissent
passive	present	lacessar	lacessāris, lacessāre		lacessātur	lacessāmur	lacessāminī		lacessantur
	imperfect	lacesserer	lacesserēris, lacesserēre		lacesserētur	lacesserēmur	lacesserēminī		lacesserentur
	perfect	lacessītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lacessītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	lacesse		—	—	lacessite		—
active	future	—	lacessitō		lacessitō	—	lacessitōte		lacessuntō
passive	present	—	lacessere		—	—	lacessiminī		—
passive	future	—	lacessitor		lacessitor	—	—		lacessuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		lacessere		lacessī		lacessēns		—
future		lacessītūrum esse		lacessītum īrī		lacessītūrus		lacessendus, lacessundus
perfect		lacessīvisse, lacessiisse		lacessītum esse		—		lacessītus
future perfect		—		lacessītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		lacessītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		lacessendī	lacessendō		lacessendum	lacessendō	lacessītum		lacessītū

References

“lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
lacesso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to provoke a person by a gratuitous insult: iniuria lacessere aliquem
- to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
- to provoke the enemy to battle: proelio (ad pugnam) hostes lacessere, provocare