LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

labellum1

labellum n (genitive labellī)
Classical[ɫaˈbɛl.lũː]Ecclesiastical[laˈbɛl.lum]

Meaning

  1. neutera (little) lip
    laneaque aridulis haerebant morsa labellisand woolen bits clung to dry lipsc. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 64

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelabellumlabella
genitivelabellīlabellōrum
dativelabellōlabellīs
accusativelabellumlabella
ablativelabellōlabellīs
vocativelabellumlabella

lăbellum, i, n. dim. 1. labrum,
I. 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.
lăbellum, i, n. dim. 2. labrum,
I. 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.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin labellum From labrum (“lip”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).

Descendants
  • Englishlabellum
  • Italianlabello

In English words that came into English from labellum

  • labellumlabellum
noun · neutersecond declension
lābellum2
lābellum n (genitive lābellī)
Classical[ɫaːˈbɛl.lũː]Ecclesiastical[laˈbɛl.lum]

Meaning

  1. a (small) bowl, basin

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelābellumlābella
genitivelābellīlābellōrum
dativelābellōlābellīs
accusativelābellumlābella
ablativelābellōlābellīs
vocativelābellumlābella

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin lābellum From lābrum (“basin”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).

Italo-Romance
  • Italianlavello
  • Italianavello
Borrowings
  • Proto-West Germanic*labal

Quick answers

What does labellum mean in Latin?
labellum, a noun, means “a (little) lip”.
What is the genitive of labellum?
The genitive singular is labellī. labellum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce labellum?
In classical Latin, [ɫaˈbɛl.lũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈbɛl.lum].