laquear
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
laquear (plural laquears)
- (architecture) A lacunar.
- 1903, Suetonius, Gai Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum, Libri III-VI, page 298:
- these were the panels proper of the laquear or fretted ceiling.
- 1919, Leo Wiener, Contributions Towards a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture, page 351:
- Gradus in quo lector stat, Amp. I, V. 381, it is clear that the ambo, which is meant by it, was to a certain extent an imitation of the laquear in Solomon's temple .
- 2022, John Addington Symonds, The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti:
- The sunk or hollow compartments, which form the laquear of this depressed vault, differ considerably in shape and arrangement from those which were adopted when it was finally rejected.
- The upper portion of the vagina.
- 1860, E. Noeggerath, “Remarks on the Employment of Uterine Pessaries, With the Description of a New Instrument.”, in The Retrospect of Medicine, volume 41, page 284:
- The instrument thus bent is gently pushed upwards, so tahat its points take a position to the right and left side of the uterine neck, as high up as possible in the laquear vaginæ.
- 1874, “Ætiology of Uterine Flexions”, in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, page 489:
- The distance from the posterior laquear to the bottom of Douglas's cul-de-sac measures 1.5, 2.6 to 3.7 centimetres; in a woman in the seventh month of pregnancy, even 5.8 centimetres.
- 1890, August Eduard Martin, Ernest Watson Cushing, Pathology and Therapeutics of the Diseases of Women, page 348:
- Rent of cervix and roof of the vagina (laquear) on the right side.
- 1894, Casey A. Wood, T. A. Woodruff, “The Uterus and the Eye, an Ophthalmic Review for the General Practitioner”, in The North American Practitioner, volume 6, page 16:
- The great ganglionic apparatus of the uterus lies imbedded in the parts surrounding the lateral portion of the Laquear Vaginæ but above the level of the Laquear.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
According to Isidore of Seville, a corruption from lacūna (“gap, void”), or else from laqueus (“snare, trap”), both perhaps dubious.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kʷe.ar/, [ˈɫ̪äkʷeär]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kwe.ar/, [ˈläːkweär]
Noun edit
laquear n (genitive laqueāris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | laquear | laqueāria |
| Genitive | laqueāris | laqueārium |
| Dative | laqueārī | laqueāribus |
| Accusative | laquear | laqueāria |
| Ablative | laqueārī | laqueāribus |
| Vocative | laquear | laqueāria |
References edit
- “laquear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laquear in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “laquear”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
laquear (first-person singular present laqueo, first-person singular preterite laqueé, past participle laqueado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of laquear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of laquear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “laquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014