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|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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