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Lacinia
La-cin′i-a
,Noun.
pl. L.
Laciniæ
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. [L., the lappet or flap of a garment.]
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
(b)
A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
2.
(Zool.)
The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects.
Definition 2024
lacinia
lacinia
English
Noun
lacinia (plural laciniae)
- (botany) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
- (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
- (zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to tear, rend”). Cognates include Latin lacer (“torn, mangled”), lanius (“butcher”) and Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lakízō, “to tear to pieces”).
Noun
lacinia f (genitive laciniae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | lacinia | laciniae |
genitive | laciniae | laciniārum |
dative | laciniae | laciniīs |
accusative | laciniam | laciniās |
ablative | laciniā | laciniīs |
vocative | lacinia | laciniae |
References
- lacinia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lacinia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lacinia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- lacinia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacinia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- lacinia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- lacinia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin