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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia (“lips”), plural of labium (“lip”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?'b?-?
• IPA^(key): /?le?.bi.?/
• Rhymes: -e?bi?

Noun

labia pl (normally plural, singular labium)

1. (anatomy) The folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva, at either side of the vagina.

   Hypernym: genitals

   Hyponyms: labia majora, labia minora

labia

1. plural of labium

Usage notes

Though usually used as a plural, this noun is also attested as a singular with plural labias or labiae.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:labia

Related terms

• labial
• labium

Translations

References

• “labia”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Abila, Alabi, baila

Latin

Alternative forms

• labea (feminine noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [???äbiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.bi.a/, [?l??bi?]

Noun

labia f (genitive labiae); first declension

1. feminine of labium

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Descendants

? English: labia

Noun

labia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of labium

References

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

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin labia.

Noun

labia f (oblique plural labias, nominative singular labia, nominative plural labias)

1. (10th century) lip

   • circa 980, La Vie de Saint Léger

     La labia li ad restaurat

     He [=God] restored his lip to him

Usage notes

• The Vie de Saint Léger citation is the only known recorded usage of the term.

Spanish

Noun

labia f (plural labias)

1. gift of the gab

English

Etymology

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek ????? (Lámia).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?m??/

Noun

lamia (plural lamias or lamiae)

1. (Greek mythology) A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.

Synonyms

• vampire

Translations

Anagrams

• Malia, ilama, malai, malia

Cebuano

Etymology

lami +? -a

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la?mi?a

Adjective

lamia

1. exclamatory form of lami

Anagrams

• imala

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek ????? (Lámia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lamja?/

Noun

lamia f (plural lamias)

1. lamia (a monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent)
2. dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)

Etymology 2

Attested from 1371. From Old Galician, undocumented in Old Portuguese proper; from Latin l?mina (“plate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lamja?/

Noun

lamia f (plural lamias)

1. iron rim or tyre of a cart's wheel

   Synonyms: canterla, ferra, palmela

2. plate
   • 1371, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra. Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 434:

     Demays lançaron lámeas trauesas grandes de ferro enna porta do dito thesouro con clauos que passauan da outra parte, en tal maneyra, que os enssarraron enno dito thesouro; et en todo aquel dia non les leixaron dar nen auer pan, nen vino, nen outra vianda nihua

     And also they nailed large crossed iron plates on that treasury's door, with nails that pierced through the door, so that they were shut up in the mentioned treasury; and throughout that day they didn't let them have bread, nor wine, nor any other viand whatsoever

   Synonym: lámina

References

• “lámea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “lamia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lamia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lamia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (Lámia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.mi.a/, [???ämiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.mi.a/, [?l??mi?]

Noun

lamia f (genitive lamiae); first declension

1. witch who was said to suck children's blood (sort of female bogeyman), vampiress
2. a sorceress, enchantress, witch
3. sort of flatfish
4. species of owl

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• lamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lamia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lamia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lamia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• lamia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lamia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• lamia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly