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Labium
‖
La′bi-um
,Noun.
pl. L.
Labia
(#)
, E. Labiums
(#)
. [L.]
1.
A lip, or liplike organ.
2.
The lip of an organ pipe.
3.
pl.
(Anat.)
The folds of integument at the opening of the vulva.
4.
(Zool.)
(a)
The organ of insects which covers the mouth beneath, and serves as an under lip. It consists of the second pair of maxillæ, usually closely united in the middle line, but bearing a pair of palpi in most insects. It often consists of a thin anterior part (
ligula
or palpiger
) and a firmer posterior plate (mentum
). (b)
Inner margin of the aperture of a shell.
Definition 2024
labium
labium
English
Noun
labium (plural labia)
- (anatomy) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the ****.
- (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
- (music) The lip against which pressured air is driven in a flue pipe in an organ.
Translations
liplike structure
|
lip of a labiate corolla
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈɫa.bi.ũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈlaː.bi.um]
Alternative forms
- labia f
- labea f
Noun
labium n (genitive labiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | labium | labia |
| genitive | labiī | labiōrum |
| dative | labiō | labiīs |
| accusative | labium | labia |
| ablative | labiō | labiīs |
| vocative | labium | labia |
Synonyms
- (lip): labrum
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References
- labium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- labium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LABIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “labium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.