1. laedo — Lewis & Short
laedo, si, sum, 3, v. a.perh. for lavido, root lu-; cf.: luo, solvo, and Germ. los-,
I to hurt by striking, wound, injure, damage (syn.: saucio, vulnero).
I Lit.:
lora laedunt bracchia,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 9:
lembus ille mihi laedit latus,id. Bacch. 2, 3, 47:
tua laesuro subtrahe colla,Ov. R. Am. 90:
frondes laedit hiems,id. F. 6, 150:
teneros laedunt prima juga juvencos,id. H. 4, 21; cf.:
thymum laeditur imbribus,Plin. 21, 10, 31, § 56:
aliquem vulnere,Ov. M. 4, 601:
quid me dente captas laedere?Phaedr. 4, 8, 6:
ferro retunso Semina,Verg. G. 2, 301:
salsā laedit rubigine ferrum,id. ib. 2, 220: servum aliqua parte corporis, Gai Inst. 3, 219.—Poet.:
collum,i. e. to hang one's self, Hor. C. 3, 27, 60:
laesus nube dies,i. e. darkened, Luc. 5, 456.—
II Trop., to trouble, annoy, vex, injure, offend, afflict, grieve, hurt:
dicto, facto,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 53:
injuste neminem laesit,Cic. Mur. 40, 87:
non minus nos stultitia illius sublevat, quam laedit improbitas,id. Caecin. 9, 23:
aliquem perjurio suo,to attack, id. ib. 10, 28:
Pisonem,to rail at, id. de Or. 2, 70, 285:
nulli os,to offend no one to his face, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 10:
tua me infortunia laedunt,Hor. A. P. 103:
tristi laedere versu scurram,id. S. 2, 1, 21: te a me ludibrio laesum iri, Cic. Fil. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 1:
quae laedunt oculum, demere,Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 38; 1, 17, 8.—Absol.:
quia laesit prior,Ter. Eun. prol. 6:
nec laedere nec violari,Lucr. 5, 1020.—
B Esp.
1 Of pledged faith, one's word, agreement, etc., to break, violate, betray:
fidem,Cic. Rosc. Am. 38, 111; Caes. B. C. 2, 44:
cur tibi junior laesa praeniteat fide,Hor. C. 1, 33, 4:
laesi testatur foederis aras,Verg. A. 12, 496:
laesae vulnera pacis,Petr. 119.—
2 Of reputation, to harm, injure:
famam alicujus gravi opprobrio,Suet. Caes. 49.—
3 Freq. of an offended divinity:
quo numine laeso,Verg. A. 1, 8; 2, 183:
tu magnorum numen laesura deorum,Hor. Epod. 15, 3:
ego laedor,Ov. M. 1, 608:
Veneris numina,Tib. 1, 3, 79; 3, 6, 26:
superos,Luc. 7, 848.—
4 Of circumstances:
res laesae,disaster, misfortune, Sil. 11, 6, 5.—Esp., in the phrase laedere majestatem, to commit treason (late Lat., v. also majestas):
laesae majestatis arcessere maritum,Amm. 16, 8, 4:
laesae crimina majestatis,id. 19, 12, 1; 21, 12, 19; so,
laedere majestatem populi Romani,Sen. Contr. 4, 25, 13.