1. lā^brum — Lewis & Short
lā^brum, i, n.root lab, as in labium; v. lambo,
I a lip.
I Lit.:
cape cultrum ac seca digitum vel nasum vel labrum,Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 39:
apes, quas dixisti in labris Platonis consedisse pueri,Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66:
vide ut discidit labrum,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:
labrum superius,the upper lip, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:
(poculis) labra admovere,Verg. E. 3, 43:
labra movere,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60; Juv. 13, 114:
sive puer furens impressit memorem dente labris notam,Hor. C. 1, 13, 12:
haec ego mecum Compressis agito labris,id. S. 1, 4, 137:
labra distorquere,Quint. 1, 11, 9:
labra male porrigere, scindere, adstringere, diducere, replicare, in latus trahere,id. 11, 3, 81: labra labris conserere, to kiss, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 2:
labra labellis ferrummare,to kiss, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25; so,
labra ad labella adjungere,id. Ps. 5, 1, 14:
labra valgiter commovere,Petr. 26:
viscantur labra mariti,Juv. 6, 466.—
B Prov.:
linere alicui labra,to deceive one, Mart. 3, 42, 2:
non in pectore, sed in labris habere bonitatem,Lact. 3, 16, 4:
primis or primoribus labris gustare, or attingere aliquid,to get a slight taste of, to get only a superficial knowledge of a thing, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20:
quae ipsi rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,id. de Or. 1, 19, 87:
multos vidi qui primoribus labris gustassent genus hoc vitae,id. Cael. 12, 28:
non a summis labris venire,not to be lightly spoken, Sen. Ep. 10, 3: similem habent labra lactucam, a saying of M. Crassus when he saw an ass eating thistles, and which may be rendered, like lips, like lettuce; meaning, like has met its like, Hier. Ep. 7, 5.—
II Transf.
A An edge, margin, brim (of a vessel, a ditch, etc.):
ut ejus fossae solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distarent,Caes. B. G. 7, 72:
extra duplex vallum fossae circumdedit, interiore labro murum objecit,Liv. 37, 37, 11:
labra doliorum,Cato, R. R. 107, 1:
fontis,Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28:
lilium resupinis per ambitum labris,id. 21, 5, 11, § 23; 17, 22, 35, § 168.— *
B Poet., a trench, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.—
C Labrum Venerium, a plant growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171;
called also labrum Veneris,Ser. Samm. 1038.