LACUNAR

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LACUNAR , the Latin name in

architecture

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a
master
- MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English
  form
  - FORM (Lat. forma)
  is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)
-builder)

for a panelled or coffered

ceiling

CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

soffit

SOFFIT (from Fr. soffite, Ital. soffitta, a
ceiling
- CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)
, formed as if from su. fjictus for suff xus, Lat. suffigere, to fix underneath)

. The word is derived from lacuna, a cavity or hollow, a

blank

BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

hiatus

HIATUS (Lat. for gaping, or gap)

or gap. The panels or coffers of a ceiling are by

Vitruvius

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

called lacunaria.

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