LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

lāmella

lāmella f (genitive lāmellae)

Meaning

  1. A small, thin plate of metal.
  2. New Latinlamella
    Lamellae suprachelicerales mamilla cum duobus tuberculis acuminatis instructae.The supracheliceral lamellae are furnished with two pointed tubercles.1946, Vladimir Šilhavý, “Nový rod a druh sekáčů, Odontosoma centetes, nov. gen., nov. spec. (Opiliones, subfamilia Phalangiinae)”, in Sborník Přírodovëdeckého klubu v Třebíči za rok 1939-1944. (overall work in Czech and Latin), Třebíč, page 56 of 55-57:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelāmellalāmellae
genitivelāmellaelāmellārum
dativelāmellaelāmellīs
accusativelāmellamlāmellās
ablativelāmellālāmellīs
vocativelāmellalāmellae

lāmella, ae, f. dim. lamina,
I. a small plate of metal, Vitr. 7, 3: paucae lamellae argenti, a few small silver coins, Sen. Vit. Beat. 21, 3; id. Brev. Vit. 12, 2: stella e lamella aerea, Paul. ex Fest. p. 351.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin lāmella From lāmina (“thin plate”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

Descendants
  • Frenchomelette
  • Italianlamella
  • Portugueselamela
  • Spanishlamela
  • Frenchlamelle
  • GermanLamellefrom French lamelle
  • Galicianlamela
  • Hungarianlamellafrom French lamelle

In English words that came into English from lāmella

  • lamellalāmella
  • lamelliformlāmella
  • lamellicornlāmella
  • lamellocytelāmella

Quick answers

What does lāmella mean in Latin?
lāmella, a noun, means “A small, thin plate of metal.; lamella”.
What is the genitive of lāmella?
The genitive singular is lāmellae. lāmella is feminine, first declension.
Which English words come from lāmella?
English words that go back to Latin lāmella include lamella, lamelliform, lamellicorn and lamellocyte.