laeto

From laetus (“happy”) +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫae̯.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.to]

laetō (present infinitive laetāre, perfect active laetāvī, supine laetātum); first conjugation

1. (pre-classical and post-classical, rare, transitive) to gladden, cause to rejoice
   • c. 284 BCE – c. 204 BCE, Livius Andronicus, Aegisthus in

     c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 190.32:

     laetare et laetiscere, laetificare et laetum fieri. Livius Aegistho :
     iamne óculos specie laétavisti optábili?

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   • 170 BCE – c. 86 BCE, Accius, Pelopidae in

     c. 280 CE, Nonius Marcellus, De compendiosa doctrina I 190.32:

     Accius Pelopidis:
     et te ut tríplici laétarem

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   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.11:

     Iste deus auctorem et actorem suum propitius ubique comitabitur amanter nec umquam patietur ut ex animo doleas sed frontem tuam serena venustate laetabit adsidue.

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   • 2000 (quoted) in Rob Faesen, Begeerte in het werk van Hadewijch

     et ut carior bibit abundantiam gratiarum, tandem, laetabatur ut carissima, inebriata est; et ideo modum excedens sicut desipientium spiritu ineffabiliter laetabat.

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2. (Late Latin, agriculture, transitive) to fertilize, apply manure to (the soil)
   • 4th c./5th c. AD, Palladius, Opus agriculturae 1.6.13:

     Si tibi ager est siluis inutilibus tectus, ita eum diuide, ut loca pinguia puras reddas nouales, loca sterilia siluis tecta esse patiaris, quia illa naturali ubertate respondent, haec beneficio laetantur incendii.

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• The passive voice is considered a separate deponent verb meaning "to rejoice"; see laetor.

• Italian: lietare
• → English: Laetare Sunday
• → German: Lätare

laetō

1. masculine/neuter dative/ablative singular of laetus

• “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.