labium
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin labium (“lip”).
Pronunciation
Noun
labium (plural labia)
- (anatomy) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.
- (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
- (music) The lip against which pressured air is driven in a flue pipe in an organ.
Derived terms
Translations
liplike structure
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lip of a labiate corolla
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Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈɫ̪äbiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈläːbium]
Noun
labium n (genitive labiī or labī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | labium | labia |
Genitive | labiī labī1 |
labiōrum |
Dative | labiō | labiīs |
Accusative | labium | labia |
Ablative | labiō | labiīs |
Vocative | labium | labia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (lip): labrum
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “labium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labium 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)
- labium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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