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Laus

Laus

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Adj.
Loose.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

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Laus

Laus

See also: laus and -laus

German

Noun

Laus f (genitive Laus, plural Läuse)

  1. louse

Declension

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *lūs.

Noun

Laus f (plural Lais)

  1. louse (insect)

laus

laus

See also: Laus and -laus

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

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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

Noun

laus f (genitive laudis); third declension

  1. praise, glory
  2. fame

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative laus laudēs
genitive laudis laudum
dative laudī laudibus
accusative laudem laudēs
ablative laude laudibus
vocative laus laudēs

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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
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Middle English

Adjective

laus

  1. loose

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English louse.

Noun

laus

  1. any external parasitic insect; flea; louse.