lacesso

== Latin == === Etymology === From laciō (“to snare, entice”) + -essō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈkɛs.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈt͡ʃɛs.so] === Verb === lacessō (present infinitive lacessere, perfect active lacessīvī or lacessiī, supine lacessītum); third conjugation to excite, provoke, challenge, exasperate, harass or irritate Synonyms: irrītō, fatīgō, angō, agitō, ūrō, peragō, concitō, sollicitō Antonym: cōnsōlor to attack or assail Synonyms: invādō, assiliō, incurrō, impetō, aggredior, oppugnō, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, intrō, incēdō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, incidō, appetō, arripiō, inruō, incessō, invehō Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō Motto of the Stuart dynasty of Scotland Nemo me impune lacessitNemo me impune lacessit No one attacks me unpunished. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lacesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “lacesso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.