LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

laqueātor

laqueātor m (genitive laqueātōris)

Meaning

  1. Late Latina gladiator who used a noose as a weapon
    Laqueatorum 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
    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.c. 1160 – 1190, Hugutius Pisanus, Derivationes L 67

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelaqueātorlaqueātōrēs
genitivelaqueātōrislaqueātōrum
dativelaqueātōrīlaqueātōribus
accusativelaqueātōremlaqueātōrēs
ablativelaqueātōrelaqueātōribus
vocativelaqueātorlaqueātōrēs

lăquĕātor, ōris, m. laqueus,
I. an ensnarer, a kind of gladiator who attempted to catch his adversary with a noose, acc. to Isid. Orig. 18, 56 (al. laquearius).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laqueō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin laqueātor From laqueō (“to ensnare”) + -tor (“-er”).

Quick answers

What does laqueātor mean in Latin?
laqueātor, a noun, means “a gladiator who used a noose as a weapon”.
What is the genitive of laqueātor?
The genitive singular is laqueātōris. laqueātor is masculine, third declension.