lasso

See also: Lasso

English

Alternative forms

• lassu (archaic)
• lazo (archaic)

Etymology

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) enPR: lăso͝o', ləso͝o', IPA^(key): /læsˈuː/, /ləsˈuː/
• (US) enPR: lăs'ō, lăs'o͝o, IPA^(key): /ˈlæs.oʊ/, /ˈlæs.u/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æsəʊ

Noun

lasso (plural lassos or lassoes)

1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
2. (computing) An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.

Usage notes

While the term "lasso" is most common among the general public, "lariat" also being known, the term "rope" is by far most common among those who practice or spectate modern roping.

Synonyms

• rope
• lariat

Derived terms

• lasso cell
• lasso peptide

 

Descendants

• → Czech: laso
• → Dutch: lasso
• → Finnish: lasso
• → German: Lasso
• → Hungarian: lasszó
• → Italian: lasso
• → Macedonian: ласо (laso)
• → Russian: лассо́ (lassó)
• → Slovene: laso

Translations

a long rope with a sliding loop

• Bashkir: ҡороҡ (qoroq)
• Bulgarian: ласо n (laso)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 套索 (zh) (tàosuǒ)

• Czech: laso (cs) n
• Esperanto: kaptoŝnuro, lazo
• Finnish: lasso (fi)
• Galician: lazo (gl) m
• German: Lasso (de)
• Hebrew: לָסוֹ m (láso), פַּלְצוּר (he) m (paltzúr)
• Hungarian: lasszó (hu)
• Hunsrik: Lass m
• Icelandic: snara f, slöngvivaður m
• Ingrian: arkkana
• Italian: lacciaia f
• Ladino: lago m (לאגו), atadijo m
• Latin: laqueum (la) n, capulus m, capulum n
• Macedonian: ласо n (laso), јамка f (jamka)
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭬𐭭𐭣 (kamand)
• Mongolian: уурга (mn) (uurga)
• Navajo: tłʼóół
• Persian: کمند (fa) (kamand)
• Polish: lasso (pl) n, arkan (pl) m
• Portuguese: laço (pt) m
• Russian: лассо́ (ru) n (lassó), арка́н (ru) m (arkán)
• Slovene: laso (sl) m pl
• Spanish: lazo (es)
• Swedish: lasso (sv) n
• Thai: บ่วง (th) (bùuang), บ่วงบาศ
• Tibetan: ཞགས་པ (zhags pa)
• Turkish: kement (tr)
• Vietnamese: thòng lọng (vi)

Verb

lasso (third-person singular simple present lassoes, present participle lassoing, simple past and past participle lassoed)

1. (transitive) To catch with a lasso.

Usage notes

While the term "lasso" is most common among the general public, "lariat" also being known, the term "rope" is by far most common among those who practice or spectate modern roping.

Synonyms

• rope
• lariat

Derived terms

• lasso up
• lassoer
• lassoist

Translations

to catch with a lasso

• Catalan: enllaçar (ca)
• Czech: zalasovat
• Finnish: lassota (fi)
• Hungarian: meglasszóz
• Icelandic: snara
• Portuguese: laçar (pt)
• Russian: заарка́нить (ru) pf (zaarkánitʹ)
• Spanish: lacear (es), lazar (es)

See also

• lariat
• noose

Anagrams

• soals

Catalan

Verb

lasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.soː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: las‧so

Noun

lasso m (plural lasso's, diminutive lassootje n)

1. lasso

Derived terms

• lassoën

Finnish

Etymology

English lasso

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑsːo/, [ˈlɑ̝s̠ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑsːo
• Hyphenation^(key): las‧so

Noun

lasso

1. lasso

Declension

Inflection of lasso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		lasso	lassot
genitive		lasson	lassojen
partitive		lassoa	lassoja
illative		lassoon	lassoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lasso	lassot
accusative	nom.	lasso	lassot
	gen.	lasson
genitive		lasson	lassojen
partitive		lassoa	lassoja
inessive		lassossa	lassoissa
elative		lassosta	lassoista
illative		lassoon	lassoihin
adessive		lassolla	lassoilla
ablative		lassolta	lassoilta
allative		lassolle	lassoille
essive		lassona	lassoina
translative		lassoksi	lassoiksi
abessive		lassotta	lassoitta
instructive		—	lassoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of lasso (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lassoni lassoni accusative nom. lassoni lassoni gen. lassoni genitive lassoni lassojeni partitive lassoani lassojani inessive lassossani lassoissani elative lassostani lassoistani illative lassooni lassoihini adessive lassollani lassoillani ablative lassoltani lassoiltani allative lassolleni lassoilleni essive lassonani lassoinani translative lassokseni lassoikseni abessive lassottani lassoittani instructive — — comitative — lassoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative lassosi lassosi accusative nom. lassosi lassosi gen. lassosi genitive lassosi lassojesi partitive lassoasi lassojasi inessive lassossasi lassoissasi elative lassostasi lassoistasi illative lassoosi lassoihisi adessive lassollasi lassoillasi ablative lassoltasi lassoiltasi allative lassollesi lassoillesi essive lassonasi lassoinasi translative lassoksesi lassoiksesi abessive lassottasi lassoittasi instructive — — comitative — lassoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lassomme lassomme accusative nom. lassomme lassomme gen. lassomme genitive lassomme lassojemme partitive lassoamme lassojamme inessive lassossamme lassoissamme elative lassostamme lassoistamme illative lassoomme lassoihimme adessive lassollamme lassoillamme ablative lassoltamme lassoiltamme allative lassollemme lassoillemme essive lassonamme lassoinamme translative lassoksemme lassoiksemme abessive lassottamme lassoittamme instructive — — comitative — lassoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative lassonne lassonne accusative nom. lassonne lassonne gen. lassonne genitive lassonne lassojenne partitive lassoanne lassojanne inessive lassossanne lassoissanne elative lassostanne lassoistanne illative lassoonne lassoihinne adessive lassollanne lassoillanne ablative lassoltanne lassoiltanne allative lassollenne lassoillenne essive lassonanne lassoinanne translative lassoksenne lassoiksenne abessive lassottanne lassoittanne instructive — — comitative — lassoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative lassonsa lassonsa accusative nom. lassonsa lassonsa gen. lassonsa genitive lassonsa lassojensa partitive lassoaan lassoansa lassojaan lassojansa inessive lassossaan lassossansa lassoissaan lassoissansa elative lassostaan lassostansa lassoistaan lassoistansa illative lassoonsa lassoihinsa adessive lassollaan lassollansa lassoillaan lassoillansa ablative lassoltaan lassoltansa lassoiltaan lassoiltansa allative lassolleen lassollensa lassoilleen lassoillensa essive lassonaan lassonansa lassoinaan lassoinansa translative lassokseen lassoksensa lassoikseen lassoiksensa abessive lassottaan lassottansa lassoittaan lassoittansa instructive — — comitative — lassoineen lassoinensa

Derived terms

• lassota
• lassottaa

 

See also

• suopunki

Further reading

• “lasso”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.so/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -so

Noun

lasso m (plural lassos)

1. lasso

Further reading

• “lasso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.so/
• Rhymes: -asso
• Hyphenation: làs‧so

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (obsolete, literary)

1. tired, weary, fatigued, weak

   Synonyms: affaticato, provato, stanco, spossato

   Antonyms: energico, gagliardo, riposato

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[2], lines 28–30; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[3], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     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 my weary body I had rested, ⁠the way resumed I on the desert slope, ⁠so that the firm foot ever was the lower.

2. miserable, unhappy, bleak

   Synonyms: infelice, misero, tapino

   Antonyms: beato, contento, felice

Interjection

lasso

1. alas

   Synonym: ahimè

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[4], lines 112–114; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[5], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Quando rispuosi, cominciai: “Oh lasso, / quanti dolci pensier, quanto disio / menò costoro al doloroso passo!”.

     When I answered, I began: "Alas! ⁠How many sweet thoughts, how much desire, conducted them unto the painful way!"

Etymology 2

From Latin laxus (“yielding, loose”).

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassi, feminine plural lasse) (dated, literary)

1. lax, loose

   Synonyms: lasco, lento

   Antonym: stretto

2. (figurative) lax, lenient, permissive

   Synonyms: lassista, permissivo

   Antonyms: intransigente, inflessibile, rigido, rigoroso

Related terms

• lassamente
• lassativo
• lassismo
• lasciare

Etymology 3

From Latin lāpsus, perfect participle of lābor (“to slip, flow”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. period (of time). Only used in lasso di tempo (“period of time”).

   Questa procedura richiede un certo lasso di tempo.

   This procedure takes a period of time.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English lasso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lazo and laccio.

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. lariat, lasso

   Synonyms: laccio, lazo

Etymology 5

Deverbal from lassare +‎ -o, variant of lasciare (“to leave, to allow”).

Noun

lasso m (plural lassi)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of lassa

Anagrams

• Salso, salso

Latin

Etymology

From lassus (“faint, weary”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.soː/, [ˈɫ̪äs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlas.so/, [ˈläsːo]

Verb

lassō (present infinitive lassāre, perfect active lassāvī, supine lassātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to exhaust, fatigue, tire, weary, wear out or down; to render faint
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.516:

     lassābant agilēs aspera bella virōs

     Harsh wars were exhausting the able-bodied men.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lassō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lassō	lassās	lassat	lassāmus	lassātis	lassant
	imperfect	lassābam	lassābās	lassābat	lassābāmus	lassābātis	lassābant
	future	lassābō	lassābis	lassābit	lassābimus	lassābitis	lassābunt
	perfect	lassāvī	lassāvistī	lassāvit	lassāvimus	lassāvistis	lassāvērunt, lassāvēre
	pluperfect	lassāveram	lassāverās	lassāverat	lassāverāmus	lassāverātis	lassāverant
	future perfect	lassāverō	lassāveris	lassāverit	lassāverimus	lassāveritis	lassāverint
passive	present	lassor	lassāris, lassāre	lassātur	lassāmur	lassāminī	lassantur
	imperfect	lassābar	lassābāris, lassābāre	lassābātur	lassābāmur	lassābāminī	lassābantur
	future	lassābor	lassāberis, lassābere	lassābitur	lassābimur	lassābiminī	lassābuntur
	perfect	lassātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	lassātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	lassātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	lassem	lassēs	lasset	lassēmus	lassētis	lassent
	imperfect	lassārem	lassārēs	lassāret	lassārēmus	lassārētis	lassārent
	perfect	lassāverim	lassāverīs	lassāverit	lassāverīmus	lassāverītis	lassāverint
	pluperfect	lassāvissem	lassāvissēs	lassāvisset	lassāvissēmus	lassāvissētis	lassāvissent
passive	present	lasser	lassēris, lassēre	lassētur	lassēmur	lassēminī	lassentur
	imperfect	lassārer	lassārēris, lassārēre	lassārētur	lassārēmur	lassārēminī	lassārentur
	perfect	lassātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	lassātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	lassā	—	—	lassāte	—
	future	—	lassātō	lassātō	—	lassātōte	lassantō
passive	present	—	lassāre	—	—	lassāminī	—
	future	—	lassātor	lassātor	—	—	lassantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		lassāre	lassāvisse	lassātūrum esse	lassārī	lassātum esse	lassātum īrī
participles		lassāns	—	lassātūrus	—	lassātus	lassandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		lassandī	lassandō	lassandum	lassandō	lassātum	lassātū

Derived terms

• dēlassō

Related terms

• lassescō
• lassitūdō
• lassulus
• lassus

Descendants

• → Catalan: lassar
• French: lasser

Adjective

lassō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of lassus (“tired; exhausted”)

References

• “lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lasso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lasso in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• lasso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

lasso

Etymology

Borrowed from English lasso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlas.sɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -assɔ
• Syllabification: las‧so

Noun

lasso n

1. lasso, lazo (long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses)

   Synonym: arkan

2. (computing) lasso (image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline)

Declension

Declension of lasso

	singular	plural
nominative	lasso	lassa
genitive	lassa	lass
dative	lassu	lassom
accusative	lasso	lassa
instrumental	lassem	lassami
locative	lassie	lassach
vocative	lasso	lassa

Further reading

• lasso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lasso in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• lasso in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lasso, from Latin lassus (“weary; exhausted”), from Proto-Indo-European *led- (“slow; weary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.su/

• (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈla.s̺u]
• Rhymes: -asu
• Homophone: laço
• Hyphenation: las‧so

Adjective

lasso (feminine lassa, masculine plural lassos, feminine plural lassas)

1. weary; very tired; exhausted

   Synonyms: cansadíssimo, exausto, fatigado

   Antonym: descansado

2. (of a person) degenerate; dissolute (unrestrained by morality)

   Synonyms: degenerado, devasso, imoral, indecente

   Antonyms: casto, decente, decoroso

3. lax; loose (not tight)

   Synonyms: frouxo, lasseiro, laxo, relaxado, solto

   Antonyms: apertado, retesado

4. worn out (damaged and useless due to hard or continued use)

   Synonyms: gasto, laxo

Related terms

• lassar
• lasseiro
• lassidão
• lassidez
• lassitude

 

Etymology 2

Verb

lasso

1. first-person singular present indicative of lassar

Swedish

Etymology

From English lasso.

Noun

lasso n

1. lasso

Declension

Declension of lasso

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	lasso	lassos
	definite	lassot	lassots
plural	indefinite	lasson	lassons
	definite	lassona	lassonas