English → Latin
“lip” in Latin
labrumlip; edge, margin, brim, liplābēsfall, collapse; subsidence; fault, defectlabrōsusthick-lipped, blubber-lippedlabeōsushaving large, blubbery lipslabeōA man with large lips
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
lip
labrum; labium. (☞ The former is the more usual and the better word; the latter is inferior, and not found in the prose of the golden period: ☞ labium, in the sing., is found in Seren., ap. Non.; the plur., occurs in Plaut. and Terence). The upper - under lip, labrum superius - inferius: chapped lips, fissura labrorum: that has large lips, labrosus (Cels.): labiosus (Lucr.): labeo (Plin.: not found in the best writers): to touch anything with the lips, labra admovere alicui rei (poetical): chaps on the lips, labrorum fissura (sing.): the name is on my lips, nomen mihi versatur in primoribus labris (Plaut., Trin., 4, 2, 65): to be on the lips, intra labra atque dentes latere (ib., v. 80): thick lips, labra turgida (Mart.): to put to the lips, rei labra admovere; figuratively, primis, or primoribus, labris gustare or attingere (i. e., to take a slight taste of).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for lip?
- The usual Latin words for “lip” are labrum, lābēs, labrōsus; also labeōsus, labeō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.