What does laqueārius mean in Latin?

laqueārius, a noun, means “a maker of paneled ceilings.; a gladiator who used a noose as a weapon”.

What is the genitive of laqueārius?

The genitive singular is laqueāriī. laqueārius is masculine, second declension.

In classical Latin, [ɫa.kʷeˈaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [la.kʷeˈaː.ri.us].

noun · masculinesecond declension

laqueārius m (genitive laqueāriī or laqueārī)

Classical[ɫa.kʷeˈaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[la.kʷeˈaː.ri.us]

a maker of paneled ceilings.
Late Latina gladiator who used a noose as a weapon
Laqueariorum pugna erat fugientes in ludo homines iniecto laqueo inpeditos consecutosque prostrare amictos umbone pellicio.early 7th c. CE, Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae sive Origines 18.56

lăquĕārĭus, ii, m. laquear,

I. one that makes panelled ceilings, a ceiling-maker (late Lat.): architecti, laquearii, Cod. Th. 13, 4, 2.—

II. Perh. a kind of gladiator; v. the foll. art.

In sense 1, from laquear (“panelled ceiling”). In sense 2, from laqueus (“noose, snare”) + -ārius.

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