Laudas

Laudas is a Latin verb form meaning “you praise.” It is the second-person singular present indicative active of the verb laudare, from which the English word laud derives. In Latin, this form is used when the subject is the person being addressed, and the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already marks the person.

The verb laudare belongs to the first conjugation; its present indicative paradigm includes: laudo (I praise), laudas (you praise), laudat (he/she/it praises), laudamus (we praise), laudatis (you all praise), laudant (they praise). The infinitive is laudare, and the supine is laudatum. Other tenses and moods follow regular first-conjugation patterns, yielding forms such as laudavi (I praised) and laudabo (I shall praise).

Laudas can appear in prose and poetry to express praise directed at a person, action, or thing. It commonly takes a direct object in the accusative, for example: "tu laudas virtutem" (you praise virtue). Latin derivatives related to laudare include laudatio (a formal speech of praise), laudabilis (praiseworthy), and laudator (a praise-giver or laudator).

In summary, laudas is a standard present-tense form in Latin grammar, illustrating how verb endings encode person and number in the language. It serves as a typical example of the first conjugation’s present indicative in everyday Latin usage. See also laudare, Latin conjugation, and related derivatives such as laudatio and laudator.