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lessus

lessus

funeral lamentation

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1. lessus — de Vaan

lessus 'funeral lamentation' [m./n.? u/o?] (Lex XII, Cic. lessum [acc.sg.]) No etymology. BibL: WH I: 787, EM 352. — [de Vaan, s.v. lessus, p. 349]

2. lessus — Lewis & Short

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.

3. lessus — Walde–Hofmann

lessus (-üs oder -) m. „Totenklage* (XII tab. frg. Cic. leg. 2, 59; "lugubris &iulätiö’ nach Aelius Stilo): unerklürt. Kaum nach Vanidek 228, Muller Ait. W. 237 als "let-tus oder *löt-tos zur Schallwz. *ieneben */à- in lämentor, lätrö usw. (s. d.; ai. rätati. „heult, brüllt, schreit“ mit sek. 7, Güntert Reimw. EA — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lessus, p. 819]

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Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. lessus (scan p. 349; entry #896).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. lessus (scan p. 819; entry #1526). Root candidates: *ie-.

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