lassitudo Latin · revision 31753

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *lh₁d-tó-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lassitūdō''' ''f'' (genitive lassitūdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lassus|-tūdō|t1=tired]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008) The adjective [[m|la|lassus]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*lassos]] and [[ine-pro|*lh₁d-tó-|t=tired]], with a d-extension of the root [[ine-pro|*leh₁-|t=to let]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with Hesychius' [[grc|ληδεῖν|tr=lēdeîn|t=to be tired]], [[sq|lodhem|t=to be tired]] and [[got|𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃|tr=lats|t=slow]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has “weariness holds all my limbs”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is tiredness or fatigue of the body, as in Celsus' advice that exercise should end in weariness short of exhaustion;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Cicero also uses it of mental fatigue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “weariness, lassitude”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of weary limbs.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of mental fatigue.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 14–37 AD – Celsus of tiredness after exercise.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – Borrowed into English as [[m|en|lassitude]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|tiredness|alt=Tiredness]], [[m|en|weariness]], fatigue; mental fatigue.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lassus]]

+ * [[en|lassitude]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}