lacunar

lăcūnar, āris (nom. lacūnārĭum, Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 6; gen. plur. lacunariorum for lacunarium, Vitr. 4, 3, 1 al.; dat. plur. lacunariis, id. 5, 2), n. [lacuna],

• a wainscoted and gilded ceiling of an unvaulted chamber, a panel-ceiling, a ceiling (so called from its sunken spaces; class.), Vitr. 7, 2: non ebur neque aureum Mea renidet in domo lacunar, Hor. C. 2, 18, 2: gladium e lacunari seta equina aptum demitti jussit, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 62: primus lacunaria pingere instituit (Polygnotus), Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124.—Prov.: spectare lacunar, to gaze at the ceiling, to be wilfully blind, Juv. 1, 56.—
• II Plur.: lăcūnārĭa, ōrum (-arium, Ap. Flor. 18, p. 83), n., panels of the under surface of a cornice, Vitr. 4, 3, 1; 7, 2, 2; 5, 2, 1; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124.

lacūnar, āris, n. (lacuna), I) die getäfelte Decke, Felderdecke eines ungewölbten Zimmers (u. zwar in bezug auf die mit Zieraten versehenen Vertiefungen derselben, während laquear in bezug auf die gezogenen Seilen [laquei] ähnlichen Einfassungen), Cic. u.a.: lacunaria ebore fulgentia, Sen.: lacunaria auro gravia, Sen., auro oblita, Apul.: lacunaria sua intueri, Sen. rhet. – Sprichw., lacunar spectare, an die Decke sehen = zerstreut sein, Iuven. 1, 56. – II) lacunaria, die Felder der unteren Fläche des Kranzleistens, Vitr. 4, 3, 1. – ➳ Genet. Plur. lacunariorum u. Abl. lacunariis, Vitr. 4, 3, 1 u. 6, 3 (4), 4.

lacunar [CL], ~arium [LL] 1 panel covering gap in the framework of a ceiling, a panelled ceiling. b (fig.) ceiling or lid of a coffin. in -ar ‥ neutra, ut ‥ ~ar [gl.: first, frist ASE VI 78] Tatwine Ars 99; lucunar, camera Gl. Leid. 46. 12; pulchritudinis gratia sollicitabat oculos ad ~aria W. Malm. GP I 43 p. 70; aque superjectus undat in ~ari J. Sal. Pol. 542D; si ructare velis, memores spectare lacunar [cf. Juv. Sat. 1. 56] D. Bec. 1049; in aula mea hec architectari feci: ‥ ~aria [gl.: furstys], tigna, lodia, trabes, latas, laquearia [gl.: lasys] Garl. Dict. 137.  b pectusque lacunar / opprimit, et latera paries constringit utrimque D. Bec. 341. 2 clothes press (imagined as a hollow wardrobe or panels for flattening cloth). a presse for clathe [v. l. clothis], lucunar [v. l. lacunar], panniplicium, vestiplicium CathA. 3 (by metonymy of sense 1a): a brace, beam. b hanging lamp; v. et.TLL s. v. lac nar 2. a ~ar, A. a lase WW; a bande of a howse, ~ar, ~arium, laquear, laquearium, loramentum CathA.  b crepusculo noctem prenuntiante ‥ sunt accensa ~ia [v. l. lucunaria; gl.: chandelabres, sim.], lugubre sive crucibolis laterne, cerei ‥ Balsh. Ut. 53. 4 cavity, hollow, pit (? conf. w. lacuna 1a). hyena ‥ / artubus humanis cupiens implere lacunar / ventris Neckam DS IX 93. 5 pool of water, pond (? conf. w. lacuna 2). †lanucar [l. lacunar], flode GlC L 37 (cf. WW: 10‥ lucunar, flode).

lăcūnăr, (13) āris, n. , Cic. Tusc. 5, 62 ; Hor. O. 2, 18, 2 et lăcūnārĭum, ĭī, n. , Vitr. Arch. 4, 3 ; 5, 2 (lacuna), plafond lambrissé, plafond à panneaux, lambris, panneau ; spectare lacunar Juv. 1, 56, regarder au plafond, être distrait.

lacūnar āris, n

• lacuna, a wainscoted and gilded ceiling, panel-ceiling, ceiled roof: aureum Meā in domo, H.: gladium e lacunari demitti iussit.—Prov.: spectare lacunar, i. e. be unobservant, Iu.

LACUNAR

LACU´NAR[DOMUSp. 686 a. ]