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The corpus record — Latin

labia

labia · f

a lip

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Where it lives

  • Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
  • Metamorphoses 5 · 0.94/10k
  • De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
  • Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

lăbĭa — Lewis & Short

lăbĭa or lăbĕa, ae, f., and lăbĭum, ii, n.Gr. la/ptw; Lat. lambo, labrum, labeo; cf. Germ. Lippe; Engl. lip,

I a lip (form labia, ante- and post-class. for labrum; labium, also post-Aug.: Verrius Flaccus sic distinxit, modica esse labra, labia immodica et inde labiones dici, Charis. p. 79 P.): dejecta labia, App. M. 3, p. 140.—In neutr.: labium, Seren. ap. Non. 210, 21.—More freq. in plur.: age tibicen: refer ad labias tibias, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41: tremulus labeis demissis, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44; Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4: labiae pendulae, App. M. 3, p. 140. —Form labea, Pompon. ap. Non. 456, 43: labearum ductu, Gell. 18, 4, 6.—In neutr.: salivosa labia, App. Mag. p. 313: labiorum fissuris mederi, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 46: ulcera labiorum, id. 34, 11, 27, § 115; Quint. 11, 3, 160 dub.; Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13; Just. 1, 10, 15; 15, 3, 4.—Prov.: labiis ductare aliquem, to ridicule, make game of one, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 15.—
II Transf., the axle or some other part of an oil-press: labiam bifariam facito, Cato, R. R. 20, 2.

In the wild

6 of 10 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. labia (scan p. 357; entry #5598).

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