laqueus

lăquĕus, i, m. [cf. Gr. ἕλκω, draw, ὁλκός; Lat. lacio; perh. Germ. locken], a noose, snare (class.; cf. tendicula).

• I Lit., Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 41 (392): 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.—
• II Trop., a snare, gin, trap.
• • A 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.—
  • 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.

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.

laqueus [CL] 1 noose (freq. w. ref. to use in strangling or hanging); b (in fig. context). c (transf.) coil (of snake). [Judas] laqueo suspensus ab alto Aldh. CE 5. 8 (cf. Matth. xxvii 5, Bede Acts (i 18) 944: : ut ‥ guttur quo vox proditionis exierat ~ei nodus necaret); in laqueo, reus ut fur, pendeo longo Aen. Laur. 10 (Lucerna) 3; ab ipsis latronis faucibus resolvebatur ~eus si promisisset regale commodum W. Malm. GR IV 314 p. 369; furacis monachi brachia invisibilibus ~eis verbo irretivit Ib. GP II 75 p. 168; 1221 homo ignotus inventus fuit strangulatus quodam ~eo PlCrGlouc 446 p. 106; te dignum laqueo facit innoxium Walt. Wimb. Palpo 29 (v. garrulus 1c).  b que cerebrum tuum exturbavit Erinnys, ut gutturi tuo ~eum inextricabilem injiceres ‥? P. Blois Ep. 79. 243C.  c ~eos, nodos, slitas [refers to Prudent. Sym. pref. 23–4: vipera / sarmentis laqueos corporis inplicans] GlP 980. 2 snare, trap; b (fig., in var. use); c (w. defining or similar genitive); d (~eus diaboli or sim., cf. I Tim. iii 7); e (~eus mundi, saeculi, or sim.). quantum avis de ~eo ‥ quaerit evadere ‥ Bede Prov. (vi 5) 960; multis modis decipio aves, aliquando retibus, aliquando ~eis [AS: mid grinum], aliquando glutino ‥ Ælf. Coll. 95; Lib. Eli. II 105 p. 180 (v. ermina a); que multa evaserunt aves retia, modico tandem capiuntur in ~eo Map NC III 5 f. 42; [rusticus] habeat ‥ casses et retia et reticula et ~eos [gl.: las, scnares] extensos ad circumvolvendem lepores, damas ‥ Neckam Ut. 112; 1270 tetenderunt ~eos ad ipsas [feras regis] capiendas SelPlForest 56; his ~ius, A. a snare WW.  b ~us tibi tua vita, inretiris velis nolis, in te habes quo compediris Alch. Ep. 298; soror mea, illaqueata es; hoc ~eo Christus trahit animam tuam ex una parte, diabolus ‥ ex altera Anselm (Ep. 169) IV 50; [puella] conubalia vincula ‥ abhorrens ‥ doceri ‥ deprecatur quomodo ab his ~eis et naufragio eruatur Gosc. Transl. Mild. 37; tot ~eis in aula expositus [sc. est] a malitia inhabitantium in ea, ut eum ‥ tederet vivere J. Sal. Thom. 7; [officiales] tendunt ~eos et pedicas in capturam pecunie P. Blois Ep. 25. 90A; ad instar Johannis baptiste mulieris ~eis irretitus V. II Off. f. 20a.  c sibi perditionis ~eos impia temeritate nectunt Bede Ep. Cath. 77; c747 fornicatio ‥ veraciter dici potest ~eus mortis et puteus inferni ‥ Bonif. Ep. 73 p. 149; superbia atque libido proceres ‥ in nequitiarum ~eos precipitantes Ord. Vit. III 1 p. 6; cum sit fraudis laqueus, / viciorum puteus ‥ P. Blois Carm. 25. 109; libidini datus et ~eis illectus amoris Gir. TH I 22; apostasie ~eis irretiti V. Edm. Rich P 1821C.  d ut [inimici] ‥ resipiscant a diaboli ~eis Bede Ep. Cath. 110; ~eis ‥ diabolicis B. V. Dunst. 2 (v. factura 3b); mundus ‥ eorum [sc. daemonum] ‥ ~eos devitat Anselm (Or. 7) III 20; quamdiu [homo] ambulat inter ~eos diaboli Ailr. Serm. 33. 16; [humilitas] ~eos diaboli [ME: þe deofles grunen] conterit AncrR 104.  e antiqui hostis insidiis vel hujus saeculi ~eis circumfusus Bede Acts 964; Deus vos ‥ inter hujus mundi ~eos custodiat Anselm (Ep. 145) III 292; res ‥ quas non poterit prescire anima terrenis ~eis impedita Ashenden AM 1 v. l.. 3 a strap, band, cord, ribbon (in var. uses, also fig.). b cord, lace (for tying or adorning garment or shoe). c draw-string (of purse). d (falc.) jess. e tag, lace (for appending seal to document). a 1290 (v. forguarium); 1296 in ~eis ferr’ ad le cruper emptis, v d. ob. MinAc 997/11 m. 2; 1316 ij curtine albe cum rubeis ~eis Invent. Ch. Ch. 74; libidinem tam firmis ~eis secum inherentem Bern. Comm. Aen. 96; 1465 lego annulum ‥ ad pendendum super ~eum olosericum circa collum ymaginis ‥ Salvatoris Test. Ebor. II 271; hec restis est corda ‥, hic ~eus idem WW.  b intra / calceus admisso spacio discedit, et ambas / alterno laqueus morsu complectitur horas Hanv. II 101; acus ‥ grossiores ad ~eos [gl.: las] inducendos Neckam Ut. 101; 1213 in iij peciis ~eorum ‥ et in xij ~eis cum auro ad supertunicam, et in xij ~eis sine auro ad supertunicam Cl 128b; sotulares ad ~eos [gl.: a laz] Garl. Dict. 122; 1274 pro iij ~eis sericis ad easdem [capellas] xviij d. Househ. Henry 406; 1335 in j capello ‥, xiiij d., in j ~eo de nigro serico ad idem empto, xviij d. Comp. Swith. 236; 1563 vij par’ de ~eis pro parteletts Ac. LChamb. 57 f. 27v.  c sicut loculi aliqui solent ~eis claudi et restringi P. Cornw. Rev. I 16 f. 27va.  d [accipiter] caput erigens et in pedibus consistens ~eos admisit W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 21.  e 1182 pro cera et ~eis ad faciendas cartas episcoporum iiij s. et vj d. Pipe 159; 1299 clerico scribenti dictam cartam vj s. viij d; in ~eis sericis viridi cera et pixide, xxij d. Ac. Durh. 499. 4 lace (as fabric). 1562 edged cum ~eo nedlework alb’ [Eng.: white needlework lace] Ac. LChamb. 56 f. 24v; 1580 xiij virg’ di. ~ei de opere acuo alb’ [Eng.: fyne white nedlework lace] Ib. 71 f. 13. 5 (arch.) tie-beam, truss (cf. laquear 2;Building in Eng. 204). 1235 quod faciat habere fratri G. ‥ quatuor postes et quatuor pannas et ~eos ad hoc necessarios ad opus fratrum ‥ ad ‥ coquinam erigendam Cl 75; 1236 vj fusta ad vj postes et fusta necessaria ad pannas faciendas ‥ et iiij trabes et ~eos necessarios ad predictum meremium ad ‥ domum ‥ faciendam Cl 250; 1284 in uno carpentario locato facienti novos ~eos in columbar’ MinAc 1027/17 r. 2; 1292 in lij magnis petris emptis ad corballos ad portanda ligna que vocantur ~ei juxta muros turris KR Ac 460/29 m. B3 (cf. Building in Eng. 108); 1373 pro viij peciis meremii emptis pro ~eis et brachiis long’ utriusque per se xxij ped’ KR Ac 469/13; 1439 de xl d. solutis tegulatori operanti ad domum nuper Johannis P., et de viij d. ob. pro ~eis ad idem, et de x d. ob. pro lathnayles ad eandem domum Ac. Churchw. Bath 48.

lăquĕus, (10) ī, m. , ¶ 1 lacet, nœud coulant : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 37 ; Fin. 5, 28 ; Cæs. G. 7, 22, 2 ; Sall. C. 55, 4 ; J. 94, 2 ¶ 2 a) lacs, filet, panneau : Virg. G. 1, 139 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51 || [fig., surt. au pl.] filets, pièges : Cic. de Or. 1, 43 ; Mil. 40 ; Tusc. 5, 76 ; Fato 7 || sing., Cic. Cæc. 83 ; b) liens, chaînes : Sen. Tranq. 10, 1 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 8, 3.

laqueus , i. m.
套。陷坑。詭。累。假辯。Laqueo gulam frangere 絞死人。

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laqueus ī, m

• 1 LAC-, a noose, snare: saxa laqueis vinciebat, S.: laqueis falces avertebant, Cs.: collum in laqueum inserere: inicere laqueum, throw upon, L.: laqueo gulam fregere, strangled, S.: Fortunae Mandare laqueum, bid go and be hanged, Iu.: laquei, quos callidus abdidit auceps, O.: laqueis captare feras, snares, V.: metuit accipiter Suspectos laqueos, H.: dabit in laqueum vestigia, step into a snare, Iu.—Fig., a snare, gin, trap: Non mortis laqueis expedies caput, H.: iudici laqueos declinans: laquei Stoicorum, subtleties: verbi laqueo capere.

LAQUEUS

LA´QUEUSproperly a rope with a noose in it, whereby anything might be pulled or led (according to Corssen's reference to lacio), used to signify the punishment of death by hanging, called triumvirale supplicium, Tac. Ann. 5.9(6.4). Hence Fortunae laqueum mandare (Juven. 10.52) means to bid Fortune go hang (see Mayor's note). This mode of punishment was never performed in public, but only in prison, as in the Tullianum. Hence we find laqueus joined with carcer (Tac. Ann. 3.50), and with carnifex (5.9, 14.48). See also the account of the punishment of the Catilinarian conspirators (Sall. Cat. 55), where the punishment is inflicted by vindices rerum capitalium. Mommsen identifies (Röm. Staatsrecht, 2.595) these with the triumviri or tres viri capitales, and thinks that, in the case of important criminals and women, these officials were the actual executioners, for which theory he quotes Sallust (l. c.), Val. Max., 7. At the same time it is possible, and in the nature of things probable, that these high officials are spoken of as strangling, when they were merely present to see that the carnifex did his duty. The passage in Tac. Ann. 5.9(or 6.4) at any rate shows that the execution of women was sometimes left to the carnifex, if not always. The punishment was not uncommon under Tiberius (Tac. Ann. ll. cc., 6.39; Suet. Tib. 61); but in the ordinary course of law the milder punishment of exile was inflicted for crimes which in old times were capitally punished, and executions were mainly reserved for real or imaginary crimes against the emperor. (Cf. Tac. Ann. 14.48.)

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