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laqueus.

noose; snare, trap;

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫa.kʷe.ʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈlaː.kʷe.us]

  1. noose

    declension-2 · masculine

  2. snare, gin, trap

    declension-2 · masculine

  3. chains, catena

    declension-2 · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

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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