lacunar

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English

Etymology

From lacuna +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lacunar (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a lacuna.
    • 2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

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Derived terms

Noun

lacunar (plural lacunars)

  1. (architecture) A sunken panel or coffer in a ceiling or a soffit.
  2. (architecture) A ceiling containing panels of this kind.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From lacūna (cavity, hollow) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Noun

lacūnar n (genitive lacūnāris); third declension

  1. ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscoted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber
  2. (in the plural) panels of the under surface of a cornice

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

singular plural
nominative lacūnar lacūnāria
genitive lacūnāris lacūnārium
dative lacūnārī lacūnāribus
accusative lacūnar lacūnāria
ablative lacūnārī lacūnāribus
vocative lacūnar lacūnāria

Heteroclitic forms:

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lacunaire.

Adjective

lacunar m or n (feminine singular lacunară, masculine plural lacunari, feminine and neuter plural lacunare)

  1. incomplete, containing gaps

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite lacunar lacunară lacunari lacunare
definite lacunarul lacunara lacunarii lacunarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite lacunar lacunare lacunari lacunare
definite lacunarului lacunarei lacunarilor lacunarelor

Spanish

Adjective

lacunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lacunares)

  1. lacunar