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From Latin labrum (lip).

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labrum (plural labrums or labra)

  1. (entomology) The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
  2. (anatomy) Any of several lip-like projections.
  3. A large basin of warm water, with an overhanging lip, in a Roman bath.

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Etymology 1

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labrum

From Proto-Indo-European *leb- (to hang down). Cognate to labium and to English lip.[1]

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labrum n (genitive labrī); second declension

  1. lip
    Synonym: labium
  2. (by extension) edge, margin, brim, lip
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative labrum labra
Genitive labrī labrōrum
Dative labrō labrīs
Accusative labrum labra
Ablative labrō labrīs
Vocative labrum labra
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Etymology 2

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labrum

Contraction from lavābrum (bathing tub), from lavō (to wash, bathe) +‎ -brum.

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lābrum n (genitive lābrī); second declension

  1. A bathing tub, bathtub, basin, bowl
  2. A bath, bathing place.
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lābrum lābra
Genitive lābrī lābrōrum
Dative lābrō lābrīs
Accusative lābrum lābra
Ablative lābrō lābrīs
Vocative lābrum lābra
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  • labrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • labrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • labrum 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)
  • labrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences: primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litteras
  • labrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • labrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  1. ^ “labbro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN