laquearius
Latin
editEtymology
editIn sense 1, from laquear (“panelled ceiling”). In sense 2, from laqueus (“noose, snare”) + -ārius.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /la.kʷeˈaː.ri.us/, [ɫ̪äkʷeˈäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.kweˈa.ri.us/, [läkweˈäːrius]
Noun
editlaqueārius m (genitive laqueāriī or laqueārī); second declension
- a maker of paneled ceilings.
- (Late Latin, hapax) a gladiator who used a noose as a weapon
- early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 18.56:[1]
- Laqueariorum pugna erat fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo inpeditos consecutosque prostrare amictos umbone pellicio.
Usage notes
editSome editions of Isidore read laqueatorum instead of laqueariorum for sense 2.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | laqueārius | laqueāriī |
| Genitive | laqueāriī laqueārī1 |
laqueāriōrum |
| Dative | laqueāriō | laqueāriīs |
| Accusative | laqueārium | laqueāriōs |
| Ablative | laqueāriō | laqueāriīs |
| Vocative | laqueārie | laqueāriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Italian: laqueario
References
edit- ^ Isidore of Seville: The Etymologies (or Origins). Book 18. Edited by W. M. Lindsay, first published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1911. Republished online at LacusCurtius by Bill Thayer.
Further reading
edit- “laquearius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- laquearius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “laquearius”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers