laeto

== Latin == === Etymology === From laetus (“happy”) + -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫae̯.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.to] === Verb === laetō (present infinitive laetāre, perfect active laetāvī, supine laetātum); first conjugation (pre-classical and post-classical, rare, transitive) to gladden, cause to rejoice 2000 (quoted) in Rob Faesen, Begeerte in het werk van Hadewijch (Late Latin, agriculture, transitive) to fertilize, apply manure to (the soil) ==== Usage notes ==== The passive voice is considered a separate deponent verb meaning "to rejoice"; see laetor. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Italian: lietare → English: Laetare Sunday → German: Lätare === Adjective === laetō masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of laetus === References === “laeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laeto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.