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Webster 1913 Edition


Lacinia

La-cin′i-a

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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)

  1. (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.
  2. (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
  3. (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

  1. An edge or flap of a garment
  2. dewlap
  3. A small piece of something (especially land)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lacinia laciniae
genitive laciniae laciniārum
dative laciniae laciniīs
accusative laciniam laciniās
ablative laciniā laciniīs
vocative lacinia laciniae

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