labium

Etymology

From Latin labium (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪbɪəm/
• enPR: lā'bē-əm

Noun

labium (plural labia)

1. (anatomy) A liplike structure; especially one of the two pairs of folds of skin either side of the vulva.
2. (botany) The lip of a labiate corolla.
3. (music) The lip against which pressured air is driven in a flue pipe in an organ.

Anagrams

• Malibu, malibu

Alternative forms

• labia f
• labea f

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈɫa.bi.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bi.um/, [ˈlaː.bi.um]

Noun

labium n (genitive labiī); second declension

1. lip

References

• labium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• labium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• labium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• labium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette