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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>lăquĕus</b>: i, m. cf. Gr. [[ἕλκω]], [[draw]], [[ὁλκός]]; Lat. [[lacio]]; perh. Germ. locken,<br /><b>I</b> a [[noose]], [[snare]] ([[class]].; cf. [[tendicula]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41: saxa laqueis vinciebat, Sall. J. 94: laqueis falces avertebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 22: [[collum]] in laqueum inserere, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17, § 37: inicere laqueum, to [[throw]] [[over]] [[any]] one, Liv. 1, 26: inicere cervicibus laqueum, Suet. Vit. 17: [[laqueo]] gulam alicui frangere, to [[throttle]], [[strangle]], Sall. C. 55, 4: ad laqueum compellere aliquem, to the [[halter]], Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 12: alicui mandare laqueum, to [[bid]] go and be hanged, Juv. 10, 53: [[neque]] [[carcer]] [[neque]] [[laqueus]], a [[halter]], [[gallows]], Tac. A. 3, 50; 5, 9: faucesque jam [[exanimis]] [[laqueo]] vexatae, id. ib. 6, 40.—Of a [[snare]], [[trap]] or [[lasso]] used by hunters: laqueis captare feras, Verg. G. 1, 139: metuit foveam [[lupus]] accipiterque Suspectos laqueos, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51: laqueos et [[muscipula]] effugere, Phaedr. 4, 2, 8; cf.: impliciti laqueis [[nudus]] [[uterque]] jacent, Ov. A. A. 2, 580: [[dare]] in laqueum vestigia, to [[step]] [[into]] a [[snare]], Juv. 13, 244.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[snare]], [[gin]], [[trap]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: judicii laqueos declinans, Cic. Mil. 15, 40; cf.: interrogationum laqueis aliquem irretire, id. de Or. 1, 10, 43: laquei Stoicorum, subtleties, id. Tusc. 5, 27, 76: Chrysippi laquei, id. Fat. 4, 7: legum et condicionum, id. Clu. 55, 150: verbi [[laqueo]] capere, id. Caecin. 29, 83.—Without a gen.: in hos inexplicabiles laqueos inciderunt, Quint. 5, 10, 101: (testes) inducuntur in laqueos, id. 5, 7, 11: [[sciens]] in hoc se laqueos induxit, Lact. 6, 12, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Fetters, chains, hinderances: [[tibi]] [[fortuna]] laqueum impegit, quem nec solvere posses nec erumpere, Sen. Tranq. 10, 1: nunquamne hos artissimos laqueos abrumpam, Plin. Ep. 2, 8, 3.

{{Georges

|georg=laqueus, ī, m. ([[lacio]]), [[ein]] [[Strick]] [[als]] [[Schlinge]], die [[Schlinge]], [[bes]]. zum Erhängen od. Erdrosseln, I) eig.: te in [[laqueum]] induas, Plaut.: [[collum]] inserere in [[laqueum]], Cic.: [[laqueo]] gulam frangere, Sall., od. premere, Hor.: se [[laqueo]] suspendere, Augustin.: elidere vitam [[laqueo]], Amm.: finire vitam [[laqueo]] fasciā [[composito]], Aur. Vict.: [[laqueo]] [[sibi]] [[manus]] afferre, Inscr.: [[laqueum]] nectere, Hor.: alqm ad [[laqueum]] compellere, Plin.: [[laqueum]] inicere, [[über]] [[einen]] [[werfen]], Liv., [[laqueum]] inicere cervicibus, Suet.: [[laqueo]] captare feras, Verg.: alqm [[laqueo]] dependentem invenire, Liv.: poet., [[vipera]] sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans, Prud. c. Symm. 1. praef. 24. – II) übtr.: a) der [[Fallstrick]], die [[Schlinge]], alci laqueos ponere od. disponere, Ov.: in laqueos cadere, Ov., od. incĭdere, Quint., induci, Quint.: in laqueos se induere, Cic. (s. Bünemann Lact. 6, 12, 13): [[oculus]] meretricis [[laqueus]] amatoris, Ambros. in psalm. 118. serm. 16. § 3. – [[laqueus]] verbi, Cic.: laquei interrogationum, legum, Cic.: laquei Stoicorum, trügerische Vernunftschlüsse, Cic. – b) hindernde [[Fessel]], [[tibi]] ignoranti [[vel]] [[publica]] [[fortuna]] [[vel]] privata [[laqueum]] impegit, quem [[nec]] solvere possis [[nec]] abrumpere (Haase erumpere, Gertz rumpere), Sen. de tranqu. anim. 10, 1: numquamne hos artissimos laqueos, si solvere negatur, abrumpam? Plin. ep. 2, 8, 2. – / Nbf. [[laqueum]], eī, n., Itala Osee 5, 1 [[bei]] Lucif. Cal. de Athan. 1, 35. p. 128, 7 H.

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