laqueus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *lakw- (“to ensnare”), with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages; possibly Proto-Indo-European *lēk- (“string, twig, tendril”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.kʷe.us/, [ˈɫa.kᶣe.ʊs]

Noun

laqueus m (genitive laqueī); second declension

noose
snare, gin, trap

Inflection

Second declension.

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
- Eastern Romance:
  - Romanian: laț
  - Aromanian: alats, alatsu
- Italian: laccio
  - → Alemannic German: Lätsch
- Old French: laz
  - French: lacs
  - → English: lace
- Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: llazu
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
  - Catalan: llaç
  - Occitan: laç
- Old Portuguese: laço
  - Galician: lazo
  - Portuguese: laço
- Old Spanish: [Term?]
  - Spanish: lazo
    - → English: lasso
      - → Czech: laso
      - → Dutch: lasso
      - → Finnish: lasso
      - → German: Lasso
      - → Hungarian: lasszó
      - → Italian: lasso
      - → Macedonian: ласо (laso)
      - → Slovene: laso
    - → Italian: lazo
    - → Tagalog: laso
- Sardinian: latu, lantu, lassu, latzu

References

laqueus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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, 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

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