laqueator
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Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]laqueātor
Etymology 2
[edit]From laqueō (“to ensnare”) + -tor (“-er”).
Noun
[edit]laqueātor m (genitive laqueātōris); third declension
- (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.
Usage notes
[edit]Some editions of Isidore read laqueāriōrum instead of laqueātōrum.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | laqueātor | laqueātōrēs |
| Genitive | laqueātōris | laqueātōrum |
| Dative | laqueātōrī | laqueātōribus |
| Accusative | laqueātōrem | laqueātōrēs |
| Ablative | laqueātōre | laqueātōribus |
| Vocative | laqueātor | laqueātōrēs |
References
[edit]- ^ Uguccione da Pisa ((Can we date this quote?)) Enzo Cecchini, editor, Derivationes, Florence: SISMEL, Edizioni del Galluzzo, published 2004, accessed via Corpus Corporum and Mirabile Digital Library
Further reading
[edit]- “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