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lamina

thin sheet of metal

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 1 · 1.8/10k
In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
De Architectura 10 · 1.73/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 1 · 0.68/10k
Naturalis Historia 27 · 0.68/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. lamina — de Vaan

lamina 'thin sheet of metal' [f. δ] (Ρ1.+; also lammina, lamnd) Pit. *$tlamen-l The only serious etymology offered is a connection with lotus 'wide' < *stlatos. Bibl.: WH I: 755, EM 339, IEW 1018f. — latusl l£na 'wool' [f. a] (P1.+) Derivatives: lanaris 'woolly5 (Varro), lanarius 'wool-' (P1.+X laneus 'woollen' (P1.+); lanitia 'wool (as an article)' (Lab»), lanugo^ -inis 'down, first hair* (Pac.+); — [de Vaan, s.v. lamina, p. 339]

2. lāmĭna — Lewis & Short

lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g.

Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,

I lamina, id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = e)la- of e)lau/nw; cf. e)lato/s].

I Lit. (class.): cum lamina esset inventa, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58: tigna laminis clavisque religant, Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3: cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum, Tac. H. 1, 79: plumbi, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166: ex argento laminas ducere, id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.: aes in laminas tenuare, id. 34, 8, 20, § 94: ossa in laminas secare, id. 8, 3, 4, § 7: tenuem nimium laminam ducere, Quint. 2, 4, 7: argutae lamina serrae, the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488: doliorum, i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas): laminae aëneae, Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—

II Transf.

A Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so, candens, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.: advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—

B Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf. fulva, a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124: inimicus lamnae, foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2: tuas opes ... laminas utriusque materiae, of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—

C A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—

D Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72: aurium laminae frigescunt, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—

E The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

In the wild

lamnae Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 13.15.p1
lamina Petronius, Satyricon 32
lamina Propertius, Elegiae 4.7.35
lamina Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.11.1
lamnis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.5.p4
lamnis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.43.p2

6 of 71 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. lamina (scan p. 339; entry #865).

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