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|lshtext=<b>palpē&#774;bra</b>: ae, f. (collat. form palpē&#774;-brum, i, n., Non. 218, 19; Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1),<br /><b>I</b> an eyelid ([[usually]] in plur.; cf. [[cilium]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: palpebrae sunt tegmenta oculorum ... munitaeque sunt palpebrae [[tamquam]] [[vallo]] pilorum, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: ipsae palpebrae, quibus [[mobilitas]] inest, et [[palpitatio]] [[vocabulum]] tribuit, etc., Lact. Opif. Dei, 10 init.; Lucr. 4, 952: Regulum resectis palpebris vigilando necaverunt, Cic. Pis. 19, 43; cf. [[Tubero]] ap. Gell. 6, 4, 3.—In sing., Cels. 5, 26, 23.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur., the eyelashes, Plin. 11, 37, 56, § 154; 25, 13, 99, § 156.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plur., the eyes (eccl. Lat.): palpebrae ejus interrogant filios hominum, Vulg. Psa. 10, 4.