lacuna.
pit/hollow/cavity/depression; pool; gap/deficiency; [~ legis => gap in the law];
Meaning & usage
a hole, pit, ditch; (especially) a pool, pond
a hole, pit, ditch; (especially) a pool, pond an opening, cavity, hollow, cleft, chasm
a gap, void, defect, want, loss
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lókus Proto-Italic *lakus Latin lacus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin *lacūnusnom. Latin lacūna Nominalization of *lacūnus (“of or relating to lakes”), from lacus (“lake, pond; basin, tank, cistern”) + -nus (adjectival suffix). Compare opportūnus and importūnus, from portus. For its substantivation, probably from ellipsis of lacūna aqua (“cistern water”); compare urīna with similar development.
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