laquear

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laquear.

Noun

laquear (plural laquears)

  1. (architecture) A lacunar.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for laquear in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)


Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Isidore of Seville, a corruption from lacūna (gap, void), or else from laqueus (snare, trap), both perhaps dubious.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.kʷe.ar/, [ˈɫa.kᶣe.ar]

Noun

laquear n (genitive laqueāris); third declension

  1. a panelled or fretted ceiling

Inflection

Third declension 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

  • 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

Etymology

From laca + -ear

Verb

laquear (first-person singular present laqueo, first-person singular preterite laqueé, past participle laqueado)

  1. to lacquer

Conjugation

      Synonyms

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