laqueus
See also: Laqueus
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kʷe.us/, [ˈɫ̪äkʷeʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kwe.us/, [ˈläːkweus]
Noun
laqueus m (genitive laqueī); second declension
- noose
- snare, gin, trap
- (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
- ēlaqueō (Late Latin)
- laqueō
Descendants
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *laceum, *laceus
- Basque: lakio
- Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: laț
- Aromanian: alats, alatsu
- Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: lass
- Italian: laccio
- → Alemannic German: Lätsch
- Old French: laz
- French: lacs
- → English: lace
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: llazu
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: llaç
- Occitan: laç
- Old Portuguese: laço
- Galician: lazo
- Portuguese: laço
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: lazo
- → English: lasso, lassu; lazo
- → Czech: laso
- → Dutch: lasso
- → Finnish: lasso
- → German: Lasso
- → Hungarian: lasszó
- → Italian: lasso
- → Macedonian: ласо (laso)
- → Russian: лассо́ (lassó)
- → Slovene: laso
- → Italian: lazo
- → Ladino: lago
- → Tagalog: laso
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: löso
- → English: lasso, lassu; lazo
- Spanish: lazo
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: laç
- Sardinian: latu, lantu, lassu, latzu
References
- “laqueus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laqueus in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) 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