"letum" meaning in Latin

See letum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: leta [plural, nominative], leta [plural, vocative], leta [plural, accusative], letī [singular, genitive], letōrum [plural, genitive], letō [singular, dative], letīs [plural, dative], letō [singular, ablative], letīs [plural, ablative]
  1. Mort violente, mort naturelle.
    Sense id: fr-letum-la-noun-EHq7E58G Categories (other): Exemples en latin
  2. Ruine, destruction. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-letum-la-noun-gIGazag4 Categories (other): Métaphores en latin
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: funus, mors, obitus Derived forms: lētābĭlis, lētale, lētālis, lēthālis, lētālĭtĕr, lētĭfĕr, lēthĭfer, lēto Related terms: lēthum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "translation": "de manière à causer la mort",
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      "word": "lētĭfĕr"
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    {
      "translation": "qui donne la mort, mortel, meurtrier",
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    {
      "translation": "tuer",
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    "L’orthographe lethum qui affecte aussi les dérivés et la descendance des dérivés dans les langues issues du latin (où lethal correspond à létal), vient d'un faux rapprochement étymologique avec le grec λήθη, Léthé. Le mot est très ancien en latin.",
    "Le mot est issu de l’indo-européen commun *lei (« affaiblir ») ^([1]) qui donne aussi lenis (« doux [affaibli, atténué] »), lassus (« las, harassé, fatigué »).",
    "D'après le Gaffiot, le mot est dérivé d'un verbe perdu *leo qui a donné aussi deleo (« détruire, effacer ») ; leto en serait donc le fréquentatif."
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    {
      "form": "letōrum",
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    {
      "form": "letō",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "letīs",
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      "form": "letō",
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          "ref": "Cicéron,De legibus, II, 22.",
          "text": "Deorum Manium iura sancta sunto.\nNos leto datos divos habento.\nSumptum in ollos luctumque minuunto",
          "translation": "Que les droits des Dieux mânes soient saints.\nQue ceux que la mort possède soient tenus pour divins\nQue l’on diminue pour eux la dépense et le deuil."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Devise des mousquetaires gris",
          "text": "quo ruit et letum",
          "translation": "Où elle tombe, la mort aussi."
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      "word": "obitus"
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      "translation": "mortel, qui cause la mort",
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    {
      "translation": "mortellement",
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    {
      "word": "lētālis"
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    {
      "translation": "mortel, qui cause la mort",
      "word": "lēthālis"
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    {
      "translation": "de manière à causer la mort",
      "word": "lētālĭtĕr"
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      "word": "lētĭfĕr"
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    {
      "translation": "qui donne la mort, mortel, meurtrier",
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    "Le mot est issu de l’indo-européen commun *lei (« affaiblir ») ^([1]) qui donne aussi lenis (« doux [affaibli, atténué] »), lassus (« las, harassé, fatigué »).",
    "D'après le Gaffiot, le mot est dérivé d'un verbe perdu *leo qui a donné aussi deleo (« détruire, effacer ») ; leto en serait donc le fréquentatif."
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    },
    {
      "form": "letī",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letōrum",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "letō",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "dative"
      ]
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      "form": "letīs",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "dative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "letō",
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        "singular",
        "ablative"
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        "ablative"
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          "ref": "Cicéron,De legibus, II, 22.",
          "text": "Deorum Manium iura sancta sunto.\nNos leto datos divos habento.\nSumptum in ollos luctumque minuunto",
          "translation": "Que les droits des Dieux mânes soient saints.\nQue ceux que la mort possède soient tenus pour divins\nQue l’on diminue pour eux la dépense et le deuil."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Devise des mousquetaires gris",
          "text": "quo ruit et letum",
          "translation": "Où elle tombe, la mort aussi."
        }
      ],
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        "Mort violente, mort naturelle."
      ]
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        "Ruine, destruction."
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      "word": "funus"
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      "word": "mors"
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    {
      "word": "obitus"
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  "word": "letum"
}

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