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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=labia labiae N F :: lip; (alt. form of labium)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>lăbĭa</b>: or lăbĕa, ae, f., and lăbĭum, ii, n. Gr. [[λάπτω]]; Lat. [[lambo]], [[labrum]], [[labeo]]; cf. Germ. Lippe; Engl. [[lip]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[lip]] (form [[labia]], [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]]. for [[labrum]]; [[labium]], also [[post]]-Aug.: [[Verrius]] [[Flaccus]] sic distinxit, modica esse labra, [[labia]] immodica et [[inde]] labiones dici, [[Charis]]. p. 79 P.): dejecta [[labia]], App. M. 3, p. 140.—In neutr.: [[labium]], Seren. ap. Non. 210, 21.—More freq. in plur.: [[age]] [[tibicen]]: [[refer]] ad labias tibias, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41: [[tremulus]] labeis demissis, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 44; Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4: labiae pendulae, App. M. 3, p. 140. —Form [[labea]], Pompon. ap. Non. 456, 43: labearum ductu, Gell. 18, 4, 6.—In neutr.: salivosa [[labia]], App. Mag. p. 313: labiorum fissuris mederi, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 46: ulcera labiorum, id. 34, 11, 27, § 115; Quint. 11, 3, 160 dub.; Lact. Opif. D. 10, 13; Just. 1, 10, 15; 15, 3, 4.—Prov.: labiis ductare aliquem, to [[ridicule]], [[make]] [[game]] of one, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 15.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the [[axle]] or [[some]] [[other]] [[part]] of an [[oil]]-[[press]]: labiam [[bifariam]] facito, [[Cato]], R. R. 20, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>lăbĭa</b>,¹⁶ æ, f., lèvre : Apul. M. 2, 24 ; 3, 24.
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{{Georges
|georg=labia, ae, f., s. [[labea]].
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