labellum

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin labellum (small lip), diminutive of labrum (lip).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ləˈbɛl.əm/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛləm

Noun

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labellum (plural labella or labellums)

Showy Lady Slipper (Cypripedium reginae) has a pink labellum.
  1. The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators.
  2. (entomology) Part of the mouth of an insect, especially the sucking mouthparts of a fly.

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From labrum (lip) +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

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Noun

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labellum n (genitive labellī); second declension

  1. a (little) lip
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64:
      laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellis
      and woolen bits clung to dry lips
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative labellum labella
Genitive labellī labellōrum
Dative labellō labellīs
Accusative labellum labella
Ablative labellō labellīs
Vocative labellum labella
Descendants
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  • English: labellum
  • Italian: labello

Etymology 2

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From lābrum (basin) +‎ -lum (diminutive suffix).

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Noun

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lābellum n (genitive lābellī); second declension

  1. a (small) bowl, basin
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lābellum lābella
Genitive lābellī lābellōrum
Dative lābellō lābellīs
Accusative lābellum lābella
Ablative lābellō lābellīs
Vocative lābellum lābella
Descendants
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  • Proto-West Germanic: *labal (see there for further descendants)

References

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  • labellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • labellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • labellum 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)
  • labellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.