labellum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin labellum (“small lip”), diminutive of labrum (“lip”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
labellum (plural labella or labellums)
- The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators.
- (entomology) Part of the mouth of an insect, especially the sucking mouthparts of a fly.
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Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From labrum (“lip”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈbel.lum/, [ɫ̪äˈbɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈbel.lum/, [läˈbɛlːum]
Noun edit
labellum n (genitive labellī); second declension
- a (little) lip
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | labellum | labella |
Genitive | labellī | labellōrum |
Dative | labellō | labellīs |
Accusative | labellum | labella |
Ablative | labellō | labellīs |
Vocative | labellum | labella |
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Etymology 2 edit
From lābrum (“basin”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laːˈbel.lum/, [ɫ̪äːˈbɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈbel.lum/, [läˈbɛlːum]
Noun edit
lābellum n (genitive lābellī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lābellum | lābella |
Genitive | lābellī | lābellōrum |
Dative | lābellō | lābellīs |
Accusative | lābellum | lābella |
Ablative | lābellō | lābellīs |
Vocative | lābellum | lābella |
Descendants edit
- → Proto-West Germanic: *labal (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “labellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labellum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labellum 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)
- labellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.