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L / laetus
noun

laetus

gen. laeti · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
in late Lat.
a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf
a foreign bondman who received a piece of land to cultivate, for which he paid tribute to his master, a serf, Amm. 20, 8, 13; Eum. Pan. 21, 1.—Hence,
the land so cultivated
laeta, ōrum, n., the land so cultivated, Cod. Th. 7, 20, 10.—
adj., of; belonging to a
laetĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a laetus: laeticae terrae, Cod. Th. 13, 11, 9.
Perseus ID: n25654 Key: laetus2