LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

lacūnar

lacūnar n (genitive lacūnāris)
Classical[ɫaˈkuː.nar]Ecclesiastical[laˈkuː.nar]
lacūnārium pl. gen.

Meaning

  1. ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber
    iūs nūllum uxōrī, doctus spectāre lacūnar,1918 translation by George Gilbert Ramsay if his wife may not lawfully inherit, takes money from her paramour, being well trained to keep his eyes upon the ceiling,c. 100 CE – c. 130 CE, Juvenalis, Saturae 1.56
  2. in pluralpanels of the under surface of a cornice
    īdem et lacūnāria prīmus pingere īnstituithe was also the first to begin painting paneled ceilings77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 35.124

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelacūnarlacūnāria
genitivelacūnāris
lacūnāriī		lacūnārium
lacūnāriōrum
dativelacūnārī
lacūnāriō		lacūnāribus
lacūnāriīs
accusativelacūnarlacūnāria
ablativelacūnārī
lacūnāriō		lacūnāribus
lacūnāriīs
vocativelacūnarlacūnāria

lăcūnar, āris (nom. lacūnārĭum, Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 6;
I. gen. plur. lacunariorum for lacunarium, Vitr. 4, 3, 1 al.; dat. plur. lacunariis, id. 5, 2), n. lacuna, a wainscoted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber, a panel-ceiling, a ceiling (so called from its sunken spaces; class.), Vitr. 7, 2: non ebur neque aureum Mea renidet in domo lacunar, Hor. C. 2, 18, 2: gladium e lacunari seta equina aptum demitti jussit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: primus lacunaria pingere instituit (Polygnotus), Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124.—Prov.: spectare lacunar, to gaze at the ceiling, to be wilfully blind, Juv. 1, 56.—
II. Plur.: lăcūnārĭa, ōrum (-arium, App. Flor. 18, p. 83), n., panels of the under surface of a cornice, Vitr. 4, 3, 1; 7, 2, 2; 5, 2, 1; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124.

Origins

From lacūna + -ar.

In English words that came into English from lacūnar

  • lacunarlacūnar

Quick answers

What does lacūnar mean in Latin?
lacūnar, a noun, means “ceiling, coffered ceiling, a wainscotted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber; panels of the under surface of a cornice”.
What is the genitive of lacūnar?
The genitive singular is lacūnāris. lacūnar is neuter, third declension.
How do you pronounce lacūnar?
In classical Latin, [ɫaˈkuː.nar]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈkuː.nar].