# lues
## English
### Etymology 1

From Latin lues (“plague”).

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈluːiːz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

#### Noun

lues (uncountable)
* (dated, medicine) A plague or disease, especially syphilis.
** 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, (please specify the stanza number):And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues, or our pseudo-syphilis?
** 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1031:There seemed to be no history of lues or any other family illness in the background.

##### Derived terms

* lues cerebri
* lues venerea
* luetic

### Etymology 2

See lue.

#### Verb

lues
* third-person singular simple present indicative of lue

### Anagrams

* LEUs, Luse, slue

## Balinese
### Romanization

lues
* Romanization of ᬮᬸᬯᭂᬲ᭄

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin luēs (“plague”), from Latin luere (“to loose, release, atone for”). Compare luxace (“luxation”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈluɛs]
* Hyphenation: lu‧es

### Noun

lues f or m inan (indeclinable)
* (medicine) syphilis [from 20th c.]
    Synonym: syfilis
** 1929, Karel Čapek, “Zmizení herce Bendy”, in Povídky z jedné kapsy‎:„A co,“ vzpomněl si úředník, „dluhy neměl?“ „Ne,“ řekl honem doktor, „on sice Jan Benda měl dluhů jako kvítí, ale nebral je nikdy tragicky.“ „Nebo… řekněme nějaký osobní skandál… nešťastnou lásku, nebo lues, nebo vůbec nějakou větší starost?“ „Pokud vím, nic,“ mínil doktor Goldberg váhavě[…]"And what about," remembered the official "debts, did he have any?" "No," answered the doctor quickly, "Jan Benda had lots of debts, but he never took them tragically." "Or… let's say some personal scandal… unhappy love, or syphilis, or some kind of a big problem?" "Nothing, as far as I know," said doctor Goldberg hesitantly […]

#### Derived terms

* luetický
* luetik

### References

* ↑ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “lues”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 388

### Further reading

* “lues”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lues”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

### Anagrams

* Elsu
* selu

## Danish
### Noun

lues c
* indefinite genitive singular of lue

## Finnish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin lues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlues/, [ˈlue̞s̠]
* Rhymes: -ues
* Hyphenation: lu‧es

### Noun

lues
* syphilis
    Synonyms: kuppa, kuppatauti, syfilis, (historical) huovintauti

#### Declension

Possessive forms of lues (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
luekseni
luekseni
accusative
nom.
luekseni
luekseni
gen.
luekseni
genitive
luekseni
luesteni lueksieni
partitive
luestani
lueksiani
inessive
lueksessani
lueksissani
elative
lueksestani
lueksistani
illative
luekseeni
lueksiini
adessive
lueksellani
lueksillani
ablative
luekseltani
lueksiltani
allative
luekselleni
lueksilleni
essive
lueksenani
lueksinani
translative
lueksekseni
lueksikseni
abessive
lueksettani
lueksittani
instructive
comitative
—lueksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lueksesi
lueksesi
accusative
nom.
lueksesi
lueksesi
gen.
lueksesi
genitive
lueksesi
luestesi lueksiesi
partitive
luestasi
lueksiasi
inessive
lueksessasi
lueksissasi
elative
lueksestasi
lueksistasi
illative
luekseesi
lueksiisi
adessive
lueksellasi
lueksillasi
ablative
luekseltasi
lueksiltasi
allative
lueksellesi
lueksillesi
essive
lueksenasi
lueksinasi
translative
luekseksesi
lueksiksesi
abessive
lueksettasi
lueksittasi
instructive
comitative
—lueksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lueksemme
lueksemme
accusative
nom.
lueksemme
lueksemme
gen.
lueksemme
genitive
lueksemme
luestemme lueksiemme
partitive
luestamme
lueksiamme
inessive
lueksessamme
lueksissamme
elative
lueksestamme
lueksistamme
illative
luekseemme
lueksiimme
adessive
lueksellamme
lueksillamme
ablative
luekseltamme
lueksiltamme
allative
lueksellemme
lueksillemme
essive
lueksenamme
lueksinamme
translative
luekseksemme
lueksiksemme
abessive
lueksettamme
lueksittamme
instructive
comitative
—lueksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lueksenne
lueksenne
accusative
nom.
lueksenne
lueksenne
gen.
lueksenne
genitive
lueksenne
luestenne lueksienne
partitive
luestanne
lueksianne
inessive
lueksessanne
lueksissanne
elative
lueksestanne
lueksistanne
illative
luekseenne
lueksiinne
adessive
lueksellanne
lueksillanne
ablative
luekseltanne
lueksiltanne
allative
lueksellenne
lueksillenne
essive
lueksenanne
lueksinanne
translative
luekseksenne
lueksiksenne
abessive
lueksettanne
lueksittanne
instructive
comitative
—lueksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
lueksensa
lueksensa
accusative
nom.
lueksensa
lueksensa
gen.
lueksensa
genitive
lueksensa
luestensa lueksiensa
partitive
luestaan luestansa
lueksiaan lueksiansa
inessive
lueksessaan lueksessansa
lueksissaan lueksissansa
elative
lueksestaan lueksestansa
lueksistaan lueksistansa
illative
luekseensa
lueksiinsa
adessive
lueksellaan lueksellansa
lueksillaan lueksillansa
ablative
luekseltaan luekseltansa
lueksiltaan lueksiltansa
allative
luekselleen lueksellensa
lueksilleen lueksillensa
essive
lueksenaan lueksenansa
lueksinaan lueksinansa
translative
lueksekseen luekseksensa
lueksikseen lueksiksensa
abessive
lueksettaan lueksettansa
lueksittaan lueksittansa
instructive
comitative
—lueksineen lueksinensa :

### Further reading

* “lues”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ly/
* Audio:(file)

### Participle

lues f pl
* feminine plural of lu

### Anagrams

* élus
* seul

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch lues (“syphilis”), from Latin luēs (“plague”), from Latin luere (“to loose, release, atone for”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lu.es/
* Hyphenation: lu‧és

### Noun

lués (plural lues-lues)
* syphilis
    Synonyms: raja singa, sifilis

### Further reading

* “lues” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Perhaps from luō (“wash”) or from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“dirt, mud”) (cognate with λῦμα (lûma, “dirt”) and Old Irish loth (“mud”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlu.eːs/, [ˈɫ̪ueːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlu.es/, [ˈluːes]

### Noun

luēs f sg (genitive luis); third declension
* plague, pestilence, epidemic
* (figuratively) plague, misfortune
* (New Latin) a disease, chiefly syphilis

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

### Verb

luēs
* second-person singular future active indicative of luō

### References

* “lues1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “lues”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* lues in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “luēs” on page 1154/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German los, from Old High German *los, variant of lōs (“loose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful”). Compare for the short vowel Ripuarian Central Franconian loss, Dutch los. The uninflected stem of this adjective develops regularly into Luxembourgish lass, while the inflected stem yields lues. See the English cognate loose for more.
Semantically the above adjective was likely merged with Old High German līso (“weak; slow; quiet”), for which compare German leise (“quiet”). Such semantic interaction of the two words is corroborated by Ripuarian loss and lies, both of which have a dated sense “weakly salted, lacking salt”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /luə̯s/

### Adjective

lues (masculine luesen, neuter luest, comparative méi lues, superlative am luesten)
* quiet
* slow

#### Declension
## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Lues.

### Noun

lues n (uncountable)
* syphilis

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin lues.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lǔes/
* Hyphenation: lu‧es

### Noun

lùes m (Cyrillic spelling лу̀ес)
* lues

#### Declension
### References

* “lues”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025