labellum

labellum
1.
lăbellum, i, n. dim. [1. labrum], a little lip, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 67; id. As. 4, 1, 52: dentes illidunt saepe labellis, * Lucr. 4, 1080:

Platoni cum in cunis parvulo dormienti apes in labellis consedissent,

 Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

nec te paeniteat calamo trivisse labellum,

 Verg. E. 2, 34; cf.: et roseo terit ore deus mollique labello, Pub. Syr. ap. Wernsd. Poet. L. Min. 2, 388:

digito compesce labellum,

 Juv. 1, 160:

extendere,

 to pout, thrust out, id. 15, 325:

compara labella cum labellis,

 i. e. kiss, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78.—As a term of endearment:

meus ocellus, meum labellum, mea salus, meum savium,

 Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; so id. ib. 1, 2, 175.
2.
lăbellum, i, n. dim. [2. labrum], a small water-vessel, a tub, bathing-tub, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 88:

labellum fictile novum impleto paleis,

 Col. 12, 44, 1; 12, 28, 3.—
II.
Esp., a small pan or basin set on a tomb for use in libations, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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