laquearian, a.
(lækwiːˈɛərɪən)
[f. L. laqueāri-us (see next) + -an.]
Of a gladiator: Armed with a noose to entangle his antagonist.
| 1818 Byron Ch. Har. iv. cxlii. note, Whether the wonderful statue which suggested this image be a laquearian gladiator. |