lacinia
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin , the lappet or flap of a garment.
Noun
lacinia (plural laciniae)
- (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.
- (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
- (zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
Derived terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “lacinia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams
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
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lacinia | laciniae |
Genitive | laciniae | laciniārum |
Dative | laciniae | laciniīs |
Accusative | laciniam | laciniās |
Ablative | laciniā | laciniīs |
Vocative | lacinia | laciniae |
Descendants
- Portuguese: lacínia
References
- “lacinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lacinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacinia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lacinia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lacinia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “lacinia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “lacinia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin