# lacio
## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakjō (“to draw, pull”), of uncertain further origin. Possibly related to lacer (“torn, mangled”).
Prósper (2019, 30-4) argues it is from the zero-grade of *deh₃- (“to give”), with a semantic evolution of “‘fraud, deception’ (< ‘decoy, lure’ < ‘something offered to sight’)” (p. 33).
Unused outside of glosses, reconstructed by grammarian Festus Grammaticus to explain its derivatives, see laqueus, lacessō and frequentative lactō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈla.ki.oː/, [ˈɫ̪äkioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈla.t͡ʃi.o/, [ˈläːt͡ʃio]

### Verb

laciō (present infinitive lacere, perfect active licuī, supine lactum); third conjugation iō-variant (very rare)
* to entice, ensnare
** 1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 116, line 15:Lacit dēcipiendō indūcit. Lax etenim fraus est.Lacit, deceives by beguiling. For lax means deceit.
** 8th C. CE, Glossae codicis Sangallensis, leaf 75 verso in Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum (volume IV), Georg Goetz (editor), Bibliotheca Teubneriana, page 253, line 41:
    Lacit captat suādetLacit: to entice, to deceive

#### Derived terms

* alliciō
* conliciō
* dēliciō
* ēliciō
* illiciō
* lacessō
* pelliciō
* prōliciō

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “laciō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 321-2

### Further reading

* “lacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* lacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish llacio, from Latin flaccidus. Doublet of flácido.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈlaθjo/ [ˈla.θjo]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈlasjo/ [ˈla.sjo]
* Rhymes: -aθjo
* Rhymes: -asjo
* Syllabification: la‧cio

### Adjective

lacio (feminine lacia, masculine plural lacios, feminine plural lacias)
* limp, flaccid, flabby
    Synonyms: flácido, marchito
** 2011, Carolina Gonzalez Vergara, Porque Se Destruyo la Tierra?:Gabriela sentía sus piernas como de género lacias y débilesGabriela felt her legs all limp and weak
* limp (lacking stiffness)
** 2012, Juan Francisco Ferré, Karnaval:bajándole la cremallera del pantalón y extrayendo un pene lacio, grande pero flácidopulling down his flies and taking out a limp penis, big but flaccid
* languid
** 1911, Miguel de Unamuno, “Civilitas”, in Rosario de sonetos líricos:La envidia de morder nunca se sacia pues no come; por eso es que no engorda, y á la pobre alma á la que sola aborda de puro soledad la pone lacia.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* straight (of hair)
    Synonym: liso
    Antonym: rizado
** 1883, Emilia Pardo Bazán, La Tribuna:se incorporó Amparo, apartando de la frente los negros cabellos lacios con el sudor que los empapabaAmparo got to his feet, wiping his straight black locks from his forehead with the sweat dripping off them.
* worthless

#### Derived terms

* alaciar
* enlaciar
* laciamente

### Further reading

* “lacio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10