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|lnetxt=labrum labri N N :: lip (of person/vessel/ditch/river), rim, edge<br />labrum labrum labri N N :: bowl; large basin/vat; tub/bathing place; teazel (prickly plant/genus Dipsacus)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lā&#774;brum</b>: i, n. [[root]] lab, as in [[labium]]; v. [[lambo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lip]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.— *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., a [[trench]], Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Labrum Venerium, a [[plant]] growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171; called also [[labrum]] Veneris, Ser. Samm. 1038.<br /><b>lābrum</b>: i, n. for [[lavabrum]], q. v.,<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet. transf., a [[bath]]: nec [[Dryades]], nec nos videamus labra Dianae, Ov. F. 4, 761; cf. id. Ib. 481; id. H. 21, 178.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>lăbrum</b>,¹⁰ ī, n. ([[lambo]]),<br /><b>1</b> lèvre : Cic. Div. 2, 66 ; Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60 &#124;&#124; labra labris conserere [[Matius]] d. Gell. 20, 9, 2, embrasser ; linere alicui labra Mart. 3, 42, 2, tromper qqn &#124;&#124; primis labris gustare Cic. Nat. 1, 20, effleurer, étudier superficiellement &#124;&#124; a summis labris venire Sen. Ep. 10, 3, venir du bout des lèvres [paroles]<br /><b>2</b> bord, rebord : Cæs. G. 7, 72, 1 ; Liv. 37, 37, 11 ; Plin. 31, 28.<br />(2) <b>lābrum</b>,¹² ī, n. ([[lavo]]), grand vase [en terre, en pierre ou en métal], bassin, cuve, baignoire : [[Cato]] Agr. 11 ; Cic. Fam. 14, 20 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 20 &#124;&#124; labra Dianæ Ov. F. 4, 761, le bain de Diane ; Labrum Venerium Plin. 25, 171, chardon à foulon.||labra labris conserere [[Matius]] d. Gell. 20, 9, 2, embrasser ; linere alicui labra Mart. 3, 42, 2, tromper qqn||primis labris gustare Cic. Nat. 1, 20, effleurer, étudier superficiellement||a summis labris venire Sen. Ep. 10, 3, venir du bout des lèvres [paroles]<br /><b>2</b> bord, rebord : Cæs. G. 7, 72, 1 ; Liv. 37, 37, 11 ; Plin. 31, 28.<br />(2) <b>lābrum</b>,¹² ī, n. ([[lavo]]), grand vase [en terre, en pierre ou en métal], bassin, cuve, baignoire : [[Cato]] Agr. 11 ; Cic. Fam. 14, 20 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 5, 6, 20||labra Dianæ Ov. F. 4, 761, le bain de Diane ; Labrum Venerium Plin. 25, 171, chardon à foulon.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[labrum]]<sup>1</sup>, ī, n., Lefze, [[Lippe]], [[labrum]] [[superius]], [[Oberlippe]], Caes.: [[inferius]], [[Unterlippe]], Petron. u. Mart. Cap.: labra resima (eines Hundes), [[Varro]]: labra trementia, Cic.: labra improbiora, [[Charis]].: labra comprimere, Sen.: paulipser labra comprimere (Ggstz. hiare), Macr.: [[vix]] allevare labra, [[vix]] diducere labra, Sen.: labra lambere, Quint.: labra mordere, in die L. [[beißen]], Quint.: labra (irati) quatiuntur ([[zittern]]), Sen.: adorandi gratiā, manum labris admovere, Apul. – [[hunc]] censes primis, ut dicitur, labris gustasse physiologiam, sprichw. = [[nur]] [[oberflächlich]] beschäftigt [[mit]] usw., Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 20: u. so [[equidem]] multos et vidi in [[hac]] civitate et audivi, [[non]] [[modo]] [[qui]] primoribus labris gustassent [[genus]] [[hoc]] vitae et extremis, ut dicitur, digitis attigissent, [[sed]] [[qui]] totam adulescentiam voluptatibus dedissent, Cic. Cael. 28: philosophiae studia ne primoribus [[quidem]] labris attigisse, Cic. de or. 1, 78. – [[non]] a summis labris ista venerunt (sind [[nicht]] so [[obenhin]] gesprochen), habent hae voces [[fundamentum]], Sen. ep. 10, 3. – [[non]] in pectore, [[sed]] in labris habere bonitatem, Lact. 3, 16, 4. – linere alci labra, jmdm. [[etwas]] [[weiß]] [[machen]], Mart. 3, 42, 2. – übtr., [[labrum]] Venereum, [[labrum]] [[Veneris]], eine [[Pflanze]] = [[δίψακος]], Weberdistel, Weberkarde (Dipsacus fullonum, L.), Plin. 25, 171. Ser. Samm. 1008. – meton., [[Rand]] eines Gefäßes, [[Cato]] u. Caes.: [[des]] Grabens, Caes. u. Liv.: labra fontis, Plin.: in [[summo]] labro fluminis, Sisenn. fr.<br />'''(2)''' lābrum<sup>2</sup>, ī, n. (Schnellsprechform [[von]] [[lavabrum]]), [[ein]] [[Gefäß]] [[mit]] vollem, rundem Rande, das [[Becken,]] die [[Wanne]], a) in der Landwirtsch., culleare, [[Cato]]: fictilia et lapidea labra, [[für]] das vom [[lacus]] abgezogene Öl, Colum. – zum Austreten der Trauben, [[Kufe]], spumat plenis [[vindemia]] labris, Verg. georg. 2, 6. – b) [[ein]] [[Wasserbecken]], [[Bassin]], labra aëna, Verg. Aen. 8, 22: marmoreo labro [[aqua]] exundat, Plin. ep. 5, 6, 20: marmorea [[duo]] labra [[ante]] fornicem posuit, Liv. 37, 3, 7: [[unda]] labris nitentibus instat, Stat. silv. 1, 5, 49. – c) großes flaches Becken im Bade, aus dem [[man]] [[sich]] besprengte, Vitr. 5, 10, 4. Ulp. dig. 19, 1, 15: [[labrum]] si in balineo [[non]] est, Cic. ep. 14, 20. – dah. meton. (poet.), labra Dianae, das [[Bad]] der D., Ov. [[fast]]. 4, 761.
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