labrum

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

labrum (1) ī, n

1 LAB-, a lip : apes, in labris Platonis consedisse: discidit labrum, T.: superius, the upper lip , Cs.: (poculis) labra admovere, V.: labra incana situ, O.: Compressis labris, H.—Prov.: primis labris gustasse physiologiam, to have got a smattering of.—An edge, margin, brim : summae fossae labra, Cs.: interiore labro (fossae) murum obiecit, L.