labrum
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From Latin labrum (“lip”).
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labrum (plural labra)
- 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.
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From Latin lābrum (“bathing tub”).
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labrum (plural labra)
- A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath.
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang down”). Cognate to English lip.[1]
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labrum (genitive lābrī); n, second declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lābrum | lābra |
| genitive | lābrī | lābrōrum |
| dative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| accusative | lābrum | lābra |
| ablative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| vocative | lābrum | lābra |
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[edit] Etymology 2
Contraction from lavābrum (“bathing tub”), from lavō (“wash, bathe”).
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lābrum (genitive lābrī); n, second declension
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| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lābrum | lābra |
| genitive | lābrī | lābrōrum |
| dative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| accusative | lābrum | lābra |
| ablative | lābrō | lābrīs |
| vocative | lābrum | lābra |
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- labrum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
- ^ “labbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2
