# laquear
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin laquear.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈlæk.wi.ɚ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈlæk.wiː.ɑː/

### Noun

laquear (plural laquears)
* (architecture) A lacunar.
** 1903, Suetonius, Gai Suetoni Tranquilli De Vita Caesarum, Libri III-VI, page 298:these were the panels proper of the laquear or fretted ceiling.
** 1919, Leo Wiener, Contributions Towards a History of Arabico-Gothic Culture, page 351:Gradus in quo lector stat, Amp. I, V. 381, it is clear that the ambo, which is meant by it, was to a certain extent an imitation of the laquear in Solomon's temple .
** 2022, John Addington Symonds, The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti:The sunk or hollow compartments, which form the laquear of this depressed vault, differ considerably in shape and arrangement from those which were adopted when it was finally rejected.
* The upper portion of the vagina.
** 1860, E. Noeggerath, “Remarks on the Employment of Uterine Pessaries, With the Description of a New Instrument.”, in The Retrospect of Medicine, volume 41, page 284:The instrument thus bent is gently pushed upwards, so tahat its points take a position to the right and left side of the uterine neck, as high up as possible in the laquear vaginæ.
** 1874, “Ætiology of Uterine Flexions”, in The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children, page 489:The distance from the posterior laquear to the bottom of Douglas's cul-de-sac measures 1.5, 2.6 to 3.7 centimetres; in a woman in the seventh month of pregnancy, even 5.8 centimetres.
** 1890, August Eduard Martin, Ernest Watson Cushing, Pathology and Therapeutics of the Diseases of Women, page 348:Rent of cervix and roof of the vagina (laquear) on the right side.
** 1894, Casey A. Wood, T. A. Woodruff, “The Uterus and the Eye, an Ophthalmic Review for the General Practitioner”, in The North American Practitioner, volume 6, page 16:The great ganglionic apparatus of the uterus lies imbedded in the parts surrounding the lateral portion of the Laquear Vaginæ but above the level of the Laquear.

### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “laquear”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Laquear”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* “laquear”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* laqueāre
* laqueārium

### Etymology

According to Isidore of Seville, a corruption from lacūna (“gap, void”), or else from laqueus (“snare, trap”), both perhaps dubious.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈla.kʷe.ar/, [ˈɫ̪äkʷeär]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈla.kwe.ar/, [ˈläːkweär]

### Noun

laquear n (genitive laqueāris); third declension
* a panelled or fretted ceiling

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

### References

* “laquear”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* laquear in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “laquear”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Spanish
### Etymology

From laca +‎ -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lakeˈaɾ/ [la.keˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: la‧que‧ar

### Verb

laquear (first-person singular present laqueo, first-person singular preterite laqueé, past participle laqueado)
* to lacquer
    Synonyms: barnizar, lacar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “laquear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10