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|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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|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 || 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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