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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lăcūna</b>: (collateral form lŭcūna; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. vol. 2, p. 205; lăcūnā-tūra, App. Flor. 15, p. 351, 2 Hildebrand;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]]), ae, f. [[lacus]], a [[ditch]], [[pit]], [[hole]]; esp. a [[place]] [[where]] [[water]] collects, a [[pool]], [[pond]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[lacuna]], id est aquae [[collectio]], a lacu derivatur, [[quam]] alii lamam, alii [[lustrum]] dicunt, Paul. ex Fest. p. 117 Müll.: vastae, Lucr. 6, 552: vastae Orci, id. 1, 116; 6, 538: cavae, Verg. G. 1, 117; 3, 365.—Poet.: salsae, i. e. the [[sea]], Lucr. 5, 794; 3, 1044; also, Neptuniae, Auct. Her. 4, 10, 15: caecas lustravit [[luce]] lacunas, Cic. Arat. 431.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., a [[hollow]], [[cavity]], [[opening]], [[chasm]], [[cleft]]: cum supercilia cana, et sub ea lacunae, dicunt, eum equum habere annos [[sedecim]], Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 3; 1, 29, 3; cf.: [[atque]] lacunarum fuerant vestigia cuique, Lucr. 5, 1261; Vitr. 7, 1, 4: [[labrum]] [[superius]] sub ipsa medietate narium [[lacuna]] quadam levi, [[quasi]] valle, signavit [[deus]], Lact. Op. D. 10: genae teretes ac [[medio]] [[mento]] [[lacuna]], a [[dimple]], App. Flor. p. 351 (Hildebr., [[lacunatura]]).—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[gap]], [[void]], [[defect]], [[want]], [[loss]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): est, qui expleas duplicem istam lacunam, to [[fill]] up the [[double]] [[void]], Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 28: ut illam lacunam rei [[familiaris]] expleant, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 55, § 138: [[lacuna]] in [[auro]], id. Att. 12, 6, 1: [[illa]] [[labes]] et [[quasi]] [[lacuna]] famae, Gell. 1, 3, 23.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lăcūna</b>,¹² æ, f. ([[lacus]], cf. [[Varro]] L. 5, 26 ; P. Fest. 117, 8 ) :<br /><b>1</b> fossé, creux, trou : Lucr. 6, 552 ; Virg. G. 1, 117 ; lacunæ salsæ, profondeurs de la mer : Lucr. 5, 794 ; Cic. Arat. 34, 431<br /><b>2</b> [en gén.] cavité, crevasse, ouverture : [[Cato]] Agr. 38, 1 ; [[Varro]] R. 2, 7, 3 &#124;&#124; fossette : Apul. Flor. 15<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] brèche, vide, manque de, défaut : [[Varro]] R. 2, 1, 28 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 138 ; Att. 12, 6, 1 ; Gell. 1, 3, 23. forme [[lucuna]] Lucr. 3, 1031.||fossette : Apul. Flor. 15<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] brèche, vide, manque de, défaut : [[Varro]] R. 2, 1, 28 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 138 ; Att. 12, 6, 1 ; Gell. 1, 3, 23. forme [[lucuna]] Lucr. 3, 1031.
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{{Georges
|georg=lacūna, ae, f. (eig. lacuina v. [[lacus]]; vgl. [[Varro]] LL. 5, 26. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 117, 8), jede trogartige [[Vertiefung]], I) eig.: 1) die [[Vertiefung]], [[Senkung]], Höhlung, die [[Lücke]], die [[Grube]], das [[Loch]], der [[Schlund]], [[Abgrund]], a) im [[Boden]] usw.: α) übh.: quā [[aratrum]] vomere lacunam facit, [[sulcus]] vocatur, [[Varro]] r. r. 1, 29, 3: solent [[eadem]] in lacunis (Bodensenkungen) [[nata]] [[esse]], Vitr. 8, 1, 3: testacea spicata sunt [[diligenter]] exigenda, ut ne habeant lacunas (Lücken) [[nec]] extantes tumulos, Vitr. 7, 1, 4: in [[pavimento]] [[non]] audes facere lacunam ([[ein]] [[Loch]]), at in humu [[calces]] [[facis]] elixos, [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 531: fontes et maria, [[quae]] [[meatus]] et lacunas et origines habent in gremio terrarum, Apul. de mund. 5 (vgl. [[lympha]] e [[lacuna]] fontium allata, [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 442): lacunas (Gruben) facere ad pisces capiendos, Vulg. Isai. 19, 10. – proni foraminis lacunae, Apul. [[met]]. 6, 14: [[ostrea]] muriceis scopulorum mersa lacunis (Ritzen), [[Auson]]. ep. 9, 4. p. 166 Schenkl: lacunarum [[vertigo]], der [[Wirbel]] der Stromuntiefen, Amm. 18, 8, 9: [[lacuna]] ([[ein]] [[Abgrund]]) palustribus aquis interfusa, Amm. 16, 12, 59: voragines lacunaeque, Schlünde u. Abgründe, Curt. 8, 14 (47), 8: caecae lacunae (Tiefen), Cic. Arat. 428 (680): lacunae salsae, die salzigen Tiefen od. Schlünde ([[des]] Meeres), Lucr. 3, 1031; 5, 791: u. so Neptuniae lacunae (Schlünde), Auct. [[bei]] Cornif. rhet. 4, 15. – β) insbes., die Walkergrube, Lex de magistr. aqu. lin. 14 (vgl. Savignys Ztschr. [[für]] gesch. Rechtsw. 15, 203 ff.). – b) am tierischen [[Körper]], [[sub]] [[eis]] (superciliis) lacunae, [[Varro]] r. r. 2, 7, 3: [[labrum]] [[superius]] [[sub]] ipsa medietate narium lacunā ([[Grübchen]]) quādam [[levi]], [[quasi]] valle, signavit [[deus]], Lact. de opif. dei 10, 19: sint modici [[rictus]] parvaeque [[utrimque]] lacunae ([[Grübchen]]), Ov. art. am. 3, 283: [[qui]] veste reductā ostentat foedas [[prope]] turpia membra lacunas (Löcher) perfossasque [[nates]] vicino podice nudat, [[Auson]]. epist. 4, 34. p. 160 Schenkl. – 2) die [[Lache]], der [[Weiher]], der [[Tümpel]], der [[Teich]], [[See]], [[Sumpf]], [[multi]] [[lacus]] multaeque lacunae (stehende Sümpfe), Lucr. 6, 538: magnae aquae vastaeque lacunae (Seen), Lucr. 6, 552: vastae lacunae (Sümpfe) Orci, Lucr. 1, 115: cavae lacunae, Verg. georg. 1, 117: [[totae]] solidam in glaciem vertēre lacunae, ibid. 3, 365: [[nec]] ulla [[adeo]] [[avia]] et sicca [[lacuna]] erat, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, Curt. 4, 16 (41), 14: quas vicinae suggessit [[praeda]] lacunae, anates maritas iunximus, [[Auson]]. epist. 3, 11. p. 159 Schenkl: [[cultor]] stagnorum, [[lucius]], obscuras ulvā caenoque lacunas obsidet, [[Auson]]. Mosell. 122: siccare lacunis (Teiche) ac fossā urbem, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 37, 4: lacunam formare ([[für]] die Enten), Pallad. 1, 30, 1. – II) übtr., eine [[Lücke]] = [[Verlust]], [[Nachteil]], explere duplicem istam lacunam, [[Varro]] r. r. 2, 1, 28: explere illam lacunam [[rei]] [[familiaris]], Cic. Verr. 2, 138: de Caelio, vide, ne [[qua]] [[lacuna]] in [[auro]] sit, daß [[bei]] dem [[Handel]] an dem Golde kein [[Verlust]] herauskomme, Cic. ad Att. 12, 6, 1: minima [[illa]] [[labes]] et [[quasi]] [[lacuna]] famae, der unbedeutende [[Makel]] [[oder]], [[wenn]] [[ich]] so [[sagen]] darf, die [[Scharte]], die unsere [[Ehre]] erlitten, Gell. 1, 3, 23. – / Die umgelautete [[Form]] [[lucuna]] in [[sehr]] guten Handschriften [[des]] Vergil und Lukrez; s. [[Lachm]]. Lucr. 3, 1031. p. 205. Ribbeck prolegg. in Verg. p. 430. Schuchardt [[Vokal]]. usw. 1, 174.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=lacuna lacunae N F :: pool; hollow, pit, cavity
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