Masculine
laqueus
- (declension-2, masculine) noose
- (declension-2, masculine) snare, gin, trap
- (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) chains, catena
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈɫa.kʷe.ʊs]
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *lakʷ- (“to ensnare”), with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages; possibly Proto-Indo-European *leh₁k- (“string, twig, tendril”). Alternative theories link the word to Proto-Balto-Slavic *lénktei (“to bend; to twine”).
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