laqueus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakʷ- (to ensnare), with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages; possibly Proto-Indo-European *leh₁k- (string, twig, tendril). Alternative theories link the word to Proto-Balto-Slavic *lénktei (to bend; to twine).

Pronunciation

Noun

laqueus m (genitive laqueī); second declension

  1. noose
  2. snare, gin, trap
  3. (figuratively) chains, catena
    Synonyms: restis, fūniculus, līnum, vinculum, nervus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative laqueus laqueī
Genitive laqueī laqueōrum
Dative laqueō laqueīs
Accusative laqueum laqueōs
Ablative laqueō laqueīs
Vocative laquee laqueī

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • laqueus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laqueus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • laqueus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • laqueus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • laqueus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • laqueus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321