leno

See also: Appendix:Variations of "leno"

English

Etymology

From Italian leno (“weak, flexible”).

Noun

leno

  1. (textiles) A type of weave used to make light, open cotton fabric used for window curtains.

Synonyms
  • (type of weave): gauze weave, leno weave

Translations

Anagrams

Kashubian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛnɔ/
  • Syllabification: le‧no

Adverb

leno

  1. only, merely, solely
    Synonyms: le, blós

Further reading
  • “leno”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tylko”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Latin

Etymology

Unknown; likely a foreign word.

Pronunciation

Noun

lēnō m (genitive lēnōnis); third declension

  1. pimp, procurer
  2. seducer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēnō lēnōnēs
Genitive lēnōnis lēnōnum
Dative lēnōnī lēnōnibus
Accusative lēnōnem lēnōnēs
Ablative lēnōne lēnōnibus
Vocative lēnō lēnōnēs

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: lenone
  • Spanish: lenón

Verb

lēnō (present infinitive lēnāre, supine lēnātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

  1. to pimp, to pander

Conjugation
   Conjugation of lēnō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lēnō lēnās lēnat lēnāmus lēnātis lēnant
imperfect lēnābam lēnābās lēnābat lēnābāmus lēnābātis lēnābant
future lēnābō lēnābis lēnābit lēnābimus lēnābitis lēnābunt
passive present lēnor lēnāris,
lēnāre		 lēnātur lēnāmur lēnāminī lēnantur
imperfect lēnābar lēnābāris,
lēnābāre		 lēnābātur lēnābāmur lēnābāminī lēnābantur
future lēnābor lēnāberis,
lēnābere		 lēnābitur lēnābimur lēnābiminī lēnābuntur
perfect lēnātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect lēnātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect lēnātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present lēnem lēnēs lēnet lēnēmus lēnētis lēnent
imperfect lēnārem lēnārēs lēnāret lēnārēmus lēnārētis lēnārent
passive present lēner lēnēris,
lēnēre		 lēnētur lēnēmur lēnēminī lēnentur
imperfect lēnārer lēnārēris,
lēnārēre		 lēnārētur lēnārēmur lēnārēminī lēnārentur
perfect lēnātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect lēnātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — lēnā — — lēnāte —
future — lēnātō lēnātō — lēnātōte lēnantō
passive present — lēnāre — — lēnāminī —
future — lēnātor lēnātor — — lēnantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives lēnāre — lēnātūrum esse lēnārī lēnātum esse lēnātum īrī
participles lēnāns — lēnātūrus — lēnātus lēnandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
lēnandī lēnandō lēnandum lēnandō lēnātum lēnātū

References
  • Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “leno”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 351
  • “leno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “leno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • leno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to act the rôle of a slave, pander: agere servum, lenonem
  • “leno”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “leno”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. Latin
  2. English

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lêːno/
  • Hyphenation: le‧no

Adverb

lȇno (Cyrillic spelling ле̑но)

  1. lazily

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

leno

  1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of len
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