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lābrum (noun N) : for lavabrum, q. v.
* A basin, a tub for bathing; a vat for treading out grapes: labrum si in balineo non est,Cic. Fam. 14, 20: marmoreo labro aqua exundat,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20: splendentia,Verg. A. 12, 417: aëna,id. ib. 8, 22: marmorea duo labra ante fornicem posuit,Liv. 37, 3, 7: unda labris nitentibus instat,Stat. S. 1, 5, 49: eluacrum,Cato, R. R. 11: lupinarium,id. ib.: olearium,id. ib. 13; Col. 12, 50, 10 sq.; cf.: spumat plenis vindemia labris, in the full vats or vessels, Verg. G. 2, 6; of a tub or basin for bathing,Vitr. 5, 10, 4; of a fountain,Dig. 19, 1, 15.
* Poet. transf., a bath: nec Dryades, nec nos videamus labra Dianae,Ov. F. 4, 761; cf. id. Ib. 481; id. H. 21, 178.
* A basin, a tub for bathing; a vat for treading out grapes: labrum si in balineo non est,Cic. Fam. 14, 20: marmoreo labro aqua exundat,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20: splendentia,Verg. A. 12, 417: aëna,id. ib. 8, 22: marmorea duo labra ante fornicem posuit,Liv. 37, 3, 7: unda labris nitentibus instat,Stat. S. 1, 5, 49: eluacrum,Cato, R. R. 11: lupinarium,id. ib.: olearium,id. ib. 13; Col. 12, 50, 10 sq.; cf.: spumat plenis vindemia labris, in the full vats or vessels, Verg. G. 2, 6; of a tub or basin for bathing,Vitr. 5, 10, 4; of a fountain,Dig. 19, 1, 15.
* Poet. transf., a bath: nec Dryades, nec nos videamus labra Dianae,Ov. F. 4, 761; cf. id. Ib. 481; id. H. 21, 178.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lābrum (noun N) : root lab, as in labium; v. lambo
* A lip.
* 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.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.— *
* Poet., a trench, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.
* Labrum Venerium, a plant growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171; called also labrum Veneris,Ser. Samm. 1038.
* A lip.
* 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.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.— *
* Poet., a trench, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.
* Labrum Venerium, a plant growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171; called also labrum Veneris,Ser. Samm. 1038.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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