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.