laqueator

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

laqueātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of laqueō

Etymology 2

From laqueō (“to ensnare”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Noun

laqueātor m (genitive laqueātōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin, hapax) a gladiator who used a noose as a weapon
   • early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 18.56:

     Laqueatorum pugna erat fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo inpeditos consecutosque prostrare amictos umbone pellicio.

   • c. 1160 – 1190, Hugutius Pisanus, Derivationes L 67:

     Item a laqueus laqueo -as, idest laqueo capere vel ligare, unde laqueator -ris, et designat officium ludendi: erat enim laqueatorum pugna fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo impeditos consecutosque prosternere amictos umbone pelliceo.

Usage notes

Some editions of Isidore read laqueāriōrum instead of laqueātōrum.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	laqueātor	laqueātōrēs
Genitive	laqueātōris	laqueātōrum
Dative	laqueātōrī	laqueātōribus
Accusative	laqueātōrem	laqueātōrēs
Ablative	laqueātōre	laqueātōribus
Vocative	laqueātor	laqueātōrēs

Further reading

• “laqueator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laqueator in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016