"laetus" meaning in Latin

See laetus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlae̯.tus/ [Classical], [ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈle.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈlɛːt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown; possibly related to alacer (“happy, glad, cheerful”). Often compared to lardum (“fat, bacon lard”) and largus (“abundant, bountiful”), presupposing an earlier form *lai-to and earlier *lai-es, but de Vaan finds this reconstruction problematic. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{m|la|alacer|t=happy, glad, cheerful}} alacer (“happy, glad, cheerful”), {{m|la|lardum|t=fat, bacon lard}} lardum (“fat, bacon lard”), {{m|la|largus|t=abundant, bountiful}} largus (“abundant, bountiful”), {{m|la||*lai-to}} *lai-to, {{m|la||*lai-es}} *lai-es Head templates: {{la-adj|laetus|adv=laetē|comp=laetior|sup=laetissimus}} laetus (feminine laeta, neuter laetum, comparative laetior, superlative laetissimus, adverb laetē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|laetus}} Forms: laeta [feminine], laetum [neuter], laetior [comparative], laetissimus [superlative], laetē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], laetus [masculine, nominative, singular], laeta [feminine, nominative, singular], laetum [neuter, nominative, singular], laetī [masculine, nominative, plural], laetae [feminine, nominative, plural], laeta [neuter, nominative, plural], laetī [genitive, masculine, singular], laetae [feminine, genitive, singular], laetī [genitive, neuter, singular], laetōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], laetārum [feminine, genitive, plural], laetōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], laetō [dative, masculine, singular], laetae [dative, feminine, singular], laetō [dative, neuter, singular], laetīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], laetum [accusative, masculine, singular], laetam [accusative, feminine, singular], laetum [accusative, neuter, singular], laetōs [accusative, masculine, plural], laetās [accusative, feminine, plural], laeta [accusative, neuter, plural], laetō [ablative, masculine, singular], laetā [ablative, feminine, singular], laetō [ablative, neuter, singular], laetīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], laete [masculine, singular, vocative], laeta [feminine, singular, vocative], laetum [neuter, singular, vocative], laetī [masculine, plural, vocative], laetae [feminine, plural, vocative], laeta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. happy, cheerful, glad Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Synonyms: felix, libēns, alacer, hilaris, hilarus, vīvus
    Sense id: en-laetus-la-adj-6pR2pCTq Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 44 36
  2. fertile, luxuriant, lush, rich Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-laetus-la-adj-8OI83Bnx Categories (other): Late Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Late Latin: 4 62 34 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 64 31 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 44 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lētus [Medieval-Latin] Derived forms: laetificō, laetificus, laetitia, laetō
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlae̯.tus/ [Classical], [ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈle.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈlɛːt̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (attested in Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts, “freeman”)), from Proto-Germanic *lētaz, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, rent, free, release”). Attested in the Lex Salica. Cognate with Old Frisian lēt (“serf”), Old English lǣt (“serf”), English let, liege. Etymology templates: {{bor|la|got|*𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃}} Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts), {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃|t=freeman}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts, “freeman”), {{der|la|gem-pro|*lētaz}} Proto-Germanic *lētaz, {{der|la|gem-pro|*lētaną|t=to let, rent, free, release}} Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, rent, free, release”), {{cog|ofs|lēt|t=serf}} Old Frisian lēt (“serf”), {{cog|ang|lǣt|t=serf}} Old English lǣt (“serf”), {{cog|en|let}} English let, {{m|en|liege}} liege Head templates: {{la-noun|laetus<2>}} laetus m (genitive laetī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|laetus<2>}} Forms: laetī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], laetus [nominative, singular], laetī [nominative, plural], laetī [genitive, singular], laetōrum [genitive, plural], laetō [dative, singular], laetīs [dative, plural], laetum [accusative, singular], laetōs [accusative, plural], laetō [ablative, singular], laetīs [ablative, plural], laete [singular, vocative], laetī [plural, vocative]
  1. a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master; a serf. Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine Synonyms: litus Derived forms (laeticus; Old French): lige, liege (english: see there for further descendants)
    Sense id: en-laetus-la-noun-JGHR0sHD Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 19 44 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "laetificō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "laetificus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "laetitia"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lié",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lié"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
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          },
          "expansion": "Norman: liement",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: liement"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ledo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: ledo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lieto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lieto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lieto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ledo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ledo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ledo"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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        "2": "",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "laetārum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "form": "laetōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus",
        "adv": "laetē",
        "comp": "laetior",
        "sup": "laetissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "laetus (feminine laeta, neuter laetum, comparative laetior, superlative laetissimus, adverb laetē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trīstis"
        },
        {
          "word": "infelix"
        },
        {
          "word": "maestus"
        },
        {
          "word": "miser"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 44 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I (a man) am happy.",
          "text": "Laetus sum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (a woman) am happy.",
          "text": "Laeta sum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happy, cheerful, glad"
      ],
      "id": "en-laetus-la-adj-6pR2pCTq",
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "glad",
          "glad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "felix"
        },
        {
          "word": "libēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "alacer"
        },
        {
          "word": "hilaris"
        },
        {
          "word": "hilarus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vīvus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 62 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 64 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 44 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Grain should be sown in heavy, rich, treeless soil.",
          "ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 6",
          "text": "Ubi ager crassus et laetus est sine arboribus, eum agrum frumentarium esse oportet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fertile, luxuriant, lush, rich"
      ],
      "id": "en-laetus-la-adj-8OI83Bnx",
      "links": [
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ],
        [
          "luxuriant",
          "luxuriant"
        ],
        [
          "lush",
          "lush"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlae̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "lētus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laetus"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "osx",
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            "3": "liddo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Saxon: lido, liddo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "litus"
          },
          "expansion": "litus",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Saxon: lido, liddo (< litus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "litus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: litus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: litus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "*lite"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: *lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: *lite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Lite"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Lite"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "got",
        "3": "*𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃",
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        "1": "la",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian lēt (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lǣt",
        "t": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lǣt (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "let"
      },
      "expansion": "English let",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "liege"
      },
      "expansion": "liege",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (attested in Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts, “freeman”)), from Proto-Germanic *lētaz, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, rent, free, release”). Attested in the Lex Salica. Cognate with Old Frisian lēt (“serf”), Old English lǣt (“serf”), English let, liege.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "laetus m (genitive laetī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 44 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "sense": "laeticus; Old French",
          "word": "lige"
        },
        {
          "english": "see there for further descendants",
          "sense": "laeticus; Old French",
          "word": "liege"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master; a serf."
      ],
      "id": "en-laetus-la-noun-JGHR0sHD",
      "links": [
        [
          "bondman",
          "bondman"
        ],
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "litus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlae̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laetus"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Late Latin",
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Gothic",
    "Latin terms derived from Gothic",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "laetificō"
    },
    {
      "word": "laetificus"
    },
    {
      "word": "laetitia"
    },
    {
      "word": "laetō"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "lié"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: lié",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: lié"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "liement"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: liement",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: liement"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ledo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: ledo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lieto"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: lieto",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: lieto"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "ledo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: ledo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "ledo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: ledo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: ledo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "alacer",
        "t": "happy, glad, cheerful"
      },
      "expansion": "alacer (“happy, glad, cheerful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "lardum",
        "t": "fat, bacon lard"
      },
      "expansion": "lardum (“fat, bacon lard”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "largus",
        "t": "abundant, bountiful"
      },
      "expansion": "largus (“abundant, bountiful”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*lai-to"
      },
      "expansion": "*lai-to",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*lai-es"
      },
      "expansion": "*lai-es",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown; possibly related to alacer (“happy, glad, cheerful”). Often compared to lardum (“fat, bacon lard”) and largus (“abundant, bountiful”), presupposing an earlier form *lai-to and earlier *lai-es, but de Vaan finds this reconstruction problematic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetior",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetissimus",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetē",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus",
        "adv": "laetē",
        "comp": "laetior",
        "sup": "laetissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "laetus (feminine laeta, neuter laetum, comparative laetior, superlative laetissimus, adverb laetē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trīstis"
        },
        {
          "word": "infelix"
        },
        {
          "word": "maestus"
        },
        {
          "word": "miser"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I (a man) am happy.",
          "text": "Laetus sum.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (a woman) am happy.",
          "text": "Laeta sum.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happy, cheerful, glad"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "glad",
          "glad"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "felix"
        },
        {
          "word": "libēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "alacer"
        },
        {
          "word": "hilaris"
        },
        {
          "word": "hilarus"
        },
        {
          "word": "vīvus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Grain should be sown in heavy, rich, treeless soil.",
          "ref": "234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 6",
          "text": "Ubi ager crassus et laetus est sine arboribus, eum agrum frumentarium esse oportet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fertile, luxuriant, lush, rich"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fertile",
          "fertile"
        ],
        [
          "luxuriant",
          "luxuriant"
        ],
        [
          "lush",
          "lush"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlae̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "lētus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laetus"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Late Latin",
    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Gothic",
    "Latin terms derived from Gothic",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "laeticus; Old French",
      "word": "lige"
    },
    {
      "english": "see there for further descendants",
      "sense": "laeticus; Old French",
      "word": "liege"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "lido",
            "3": "liddo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Saxon: lido, liddo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "litus"
          },
          "expansion": "litus",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Saxon: lido, liddo (< litus)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "litus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old High German: litus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old High German: litus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "*lite"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: *lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: *lite"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Lite"
          },
          "expansion": "German: Lite",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: Lite"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "got",
        "3": "*𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃",
        "t": "freeman"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts, “freeman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lētaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lētaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*lētaną",
        "t": "to let, rent, free, release"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, rent, free, release”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "lēt",
        "t": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian lēt (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "lǣt",
        "t": "serf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English lǣt (“serf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "let"
      },
      "expansion": "English let",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "liege"
      },
      "expansion": "liege",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Gothic *𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*lēts) (attested in Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts, “freeman”)), from Proto-Germanic *lētaz, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, rent, free, release”). Attested in the Lex Salica. Cognate with Old Frisian lēt (“serf”), Old English lǣt (“serf”), English let, liege.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laetī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "laetus m (genitive laetī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laetus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master; a serf."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bondman",
          "bondman"
        ],
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlae̯.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪äe̯t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛːt̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "litus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laetus"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: laetus/Latin 'Number' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "laetus"
  ],
  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "laetus",
  "trace": ""
}

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