Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Laqueus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

LAQ'UEUS (βρόχος). A cord with a slip-loop to it, forming a noose or halter for strangling (Sall. Cat. 58. Liv. i. 26.); or a snare by which wild animals, game, vermin, &c., were caught by the neck. Virg. Georg. i. 139.