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Labrum
‖
La′brum
,Noun.
pl. L.
Labra
(#)
, E. Labrums
(#)
. [L.]
1.
A lip or edge, as of a basin.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
An organ in insects and crustaceans covering the upper part of the mouth, and serving as an upper lip. See Illust. of
Hymenoptera
. (b)
The external margin of the aperture of a shell. See
Univalve
. Definition 2024
labrum
labrum
English
Noun
labrum (plural labrums or labra)
- (entomology) The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
- (anatomy) Any of several lip-like projections.
- A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath.
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.brum/, [ˈɫaː.brũ]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down”). Cognate to English lip.[1]
Noun
lābrum n (genitive lābrī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lābrum | lābra |
| genitive | lābrī | lābrōrum |
| dative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| accusative | lābrum | lābra |
| ablative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| vocative | lābrum | lābra |
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- labellum
- labrōsus
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Etymology 2
Contraction from lavābrum (“bathing tub”), from lavō (“to wash, bathe”) + -brum.
Noun
lābrum n (genitive lābrī); second declension
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lābrum | lābra |
| genitive | lābrī | lābrōrum |
| dative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| accusative | lābrum | lābra |
| ablative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| vocative | lābrum | lābra |
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References
- labrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- labrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- LABRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “labrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
- to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
- labrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ↑ “labbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2