lasso – Italian adjective declension

Italian adjective forms of lasso

Adjective: lasso

Hyphenation: làs‧so
Singular m.lasso
Singular f.lassa
Plural m.lassi
Plural f.lasse

Sample Sentences

  • Poi ch’èi posato un poco il corpo lasso, / ripresi via per la piaggia diserta, / sì che ’l piè fermo sempre era ’l più basso. (After I had rested my weary body , ⁠I kept going on the desert slope, ⁠so that the firm foot was always the lower one.) [1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2ⁿᵈ revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:]

Etymology

From Latin lassus (“weary, tired”). For the interjection, compare French hélas, English alas. See: Latin Adjectives 'lassus'.

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