palpebra

See also: pálpebra

English

Etymology

From Latin palpebra

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebrae)

  1. The eyelid.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for palpebra in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Catalan

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebres)

  1. Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

Noun

palpebra (plural palpebras)

  1. eyelid

Italian

Etymology

From Latin palpebra (“eyelid”), from palpō (“touch softly; caress, flatter”).

Noun

palpebra f (plural palpebre)

  1. eyelid

Latin

Etymology

From palp(e) (“touch softly; caress, flatter”) +‎ -bra.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/, [ˈpaɫ.pɛ.bra]

Noun

palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) eyelid
  2. (in the plural) eyelashes

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative palpebra palpebrae
genitive palpebrae palpebrārum
dative palpebrae palpebrīs
accusative palpebram palpebrās
ablative palpebrā palpebrīs
vocative palpebra palpebrae

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

  • palpebra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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