laqueator

Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

laqueātor

  1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of laqueō

Etymology 2

From laqueō (“to ensnare”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

Noun

laqueātor m (genitive laqueātōris); third declension

  1. (Late Latin, hapax legomenon) 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.
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    • c. 1160 – 1190, Hugutius Pisanus, Derivationes L 67:[1]
      Item a laqueus laqueo -as, idest laqueo capere vel ligare, unde laqueator -ris, et designat officium ludendi: erat enim laqueatorum pugna fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo impeditos consecutosque prosternere amictos umbone pelliceo.
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Usage notes

Some editions of Isidore read laqueāriōrum instead of laqueātōrum.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative laqueātor laqueātōrēs
genitive laqueātōris laqueātōrum
dative laqueātōrī laqueātōribus
accusative laqueātōrem laqueātōrēs
ablative laqueātōre laqueātōribus
vocative laqueātor laqueātōrēs

References

  1. ^ 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

  • “laqueator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • laqueator in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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