ab-lăquĕo

āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

laqueus, a hollow

I. to turn up the earth round a tree, in order to form a trench for water, Cato, R. R. 5, 8, 29; Col. 2, 14, 3; 4, 4, 2; Plin. 17, 19, 31, § 140.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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