lacuna

(Anglès)

1. (declension-1, poetic) a hole, pit, ditch; (especially) a pool, pond
2. (declension-1, poetic) a hole, pit, ditch; (especially) a pool, pond
3. (Classical-Latin, declension-1, figuratively, rare) a gap, void, defect, want, loss

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ɫaˈkuː.na]

Etimologia (Anglès)

According to Alfred Ernout and Antoine Meillet, from the feminine substantivation of an unattested adjectival form *lacūnus (pertaining to a lake, cistern), itself from lacus (“a lake, pond; a basin, tank, cistern”) + -nus (see -īnus). For the u-stem-appended -nus adjectival suffix compare opportūnus and importūnus, from portus. For its substantivation, probably from the clipping of the set-phrase "lacuna aqua" (cistern water), compare urīna with the same development.

Conceptes

esquerda

Sinònims

cavus

foramen

Traduccions

fossé

gap

words

Spalte

a hole

hole

🕳️

Felsspalt

cleft

Lücke

cavity

ρωγμή

crevice

deficiency

empty space

Spalt