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|lshtext=<b>lāmĭna</b>: or lammĭna, and sync. [[lamna]] (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,<br /><b>I</b> [[lamina]], id. 5, 3), ae, f., a [[thin]] [[piece]] of [[metal]], [[wood]], [[marble]], etc., a [[plate]], [[leaf]], [[layer]], [[lamina]] [[root]] la, = ἐλα- of [[ἐλαύνω]]>; cf. [[ἐλατός]]>].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[class]].): cum [[lamina]] esset inventa, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58: tigna laminis clavisque religant, Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3: cataphracta rum [[tegimen]] ferreis laminis consertum, Tac. H. 1, 79: plumbi, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166: ex argento laminas ducere, id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.: aes in laminas tenuare, id. 34, 8, 20, § 94: ossa in laminas secare, id. 8, 3, 4, § 7: tenuem [[nimium]] laminam ducere, Quint. 2, 4, 7: argutae [[lamina]] serrae, the [[blade]] of a [[saw]], Verg. G. 1, 143; of a [[knife]], Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a [[sword]], Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488: doliorum, i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas): laminae aëneae, Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Laminae ardentes, [[red]]-[[hot]] plates, instruments of [[torture]] for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so, [[candens]], Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; [[without]] adj.: [[advorsum]] laminas, crucesque conpedisque, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Money [[coin]]: et [[levis]] argenti [[lamina]] [[crimen]] erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf. fulva, a [[gold]] [[piece]], [[gold]], id. M. 11, 124: [[inimicus]] lamnae, [[foe]] to [[money]], Hor. C. 2, 2, 2: tuas [[opes]] ... laminas utriusque materiae, of [[each]] [[precious]] [[metal]], Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[saw]], Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Aurium, the [[flap]] of the [[ear]], Arn. 2, 72: aurium laminae frigescunt, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> The [[tender]] [[shell]] of an [[unripe]] [[nut]], Ov. Nux, 95.
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