German

Noun

Laus f ‎(genitive Laus, plural Läuse)

1. louse

Declension

Related terms

See also

• Nisse f

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Noun

Laus f ‎(plural Lais)

1. louse (insect)

Gothic

Romanization

laus

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse lauss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /løyːs/

  Rhymes: -øyːs

Adjective

laus ‎(comparative lausari, superlative lausastur)

1. loose
2. free to go
3. available
4. vacant

Inflection

See also

• -laus

Latin

Etymology

From echoic Proto-Indo-European root *lēwt-, *lēwdʰ- ‎(“song, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- ‎(“to sound, resound, sing out”), see also Irish laoidh ‎(“song, poem”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸𐍉𐌽 ‎(liuþōn, “to praise”), German Lied ‎(“song”), Old Norse ljoð ‎(“strophe”), and Old English leoð ‎(“song, hymn, poem”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lau̯s/, [ɫau̯s]

Noun

laus f ‎(genitive laudis); third declension

1. praise, glory
2. fame

Inflection

Third declension.

Derived terms

• laudō
• lautia
• laudes

Descendants

References

• laus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• LAUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “laus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to praise, extol, commend a person: laude afficere aliquem
    
  • to praise, extol, commend a person: (maximis, summis) laudibus efferre aliquem or aliquid
    
  • to praise, extol, commend a person: eximia laude ornare aliquem
    
  • to overwhelm with eulogy: omni laude cumulare aliquem
    
  • to extol, laud to the skies: laudibus aliquem (aliquid) in caelum ferre, efferre, tollere
    
  • to consider a thing creditable to a man: aliquid laudi alicui ducere, dare
    
  • to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: gloriae, laudi esse
    
  • to be very famous, illustrious: gloria, laude florere
    
  • to be guided by ambition: laudis studio trahi
    
  • to be consumed by the fires of ambition: gloriae, laudis cupiditate incensum esse, flagrare
    
  • to be distinguished as a poet: poetica laude florere
    
  • to be a distinguished orator: eloquentiae laude florere
    
  • the word aemulatio is employed with two meanings, in a good and a bad sense: aemulatio dupliciter dicitur, ut et in laude et in vitio hoc nomen sit
    
  • (ambiguous) to praise, extol, commend a person: laudem tribuere, impertire alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to spread a person's praises: alicuius laudes praedicare
    
  • (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: omnium undique laudem colligere
    
  • (ambiguous) to win golden opinions from every one: maximam ab omnibus laudem adipisci
    
  • (ambiguous) to confer distinction on a person; to redound to his credit: laudem afferre
    
  • (ambiguous) to be guided by ambition: laudem, gloriam quaerere
    
  • (ambiguous) to detract from a person's reputation, wilfully underestimate a person: alicuius famam, laudem imminuere
    
  • (ambiguous) to render obscure, eclipse a person: obscurare alicuius gloriam, laudem, famam (not obscurare aliquem)
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes versibus persequi
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
    
  • (ambiguous) to thank, glorify the immortal gods: grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus
    
• laus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• laus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ http://www.argjiro.net/fjalor/index.php

Middle English

Adjective

laus

1. loose

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English louse.

Noun

laus

1. any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.