labrum
See also: Labrum
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editlabrum (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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editReferences
edit- “labrum”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “labrum”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down”). Cognate to labium and to English lip.[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.brum/, [ˈɫ̪äbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.brum/, [ˈläːbrum]
Noun
editlabrum n (genitive labrī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | labrum | labra |
genitive | labrī | labrōrum |
dative | labrō | labrīs |
accusative | labrum | labra |
ablative | labrō | labrīs |
vocative | labrum | labra |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Italo-romance:
- Gallo-italic:
- Gallo-romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-romance:
- Borrowings:
- → English: labrum
Etymology 2
editContraction from lavābrum (“bathing tub”), from lavō (“to wash, bathe”) + -brum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈlaː.brum/, [ˈɫ̪äːbrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.brum/, [ˈläːbrum]
Noun
editlābrum n (genitive lābrī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | lābrum | lābra |
genitive | lābrī | lābrōrum |
dative | lābrō | lābrīs |
accusative | lābrum | lābra |
ablative | lābrō | lābrīs |
vocative | lābrum | lābra |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- labrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leb-
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Entomology
- en:Anatomy
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-
- Latin terms suffixed with -brum
- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook