LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

lāmina

lāmina f (genitive lāminae)
Classical[ˈɫaː.mɪ.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.mi.na]

Meaning

  1. Classical Latinliterallya thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer
  2. a red-hot plate used as torture devices for slaves
  3. money, coin, gold, precious metal
  4. a saw (cutting device)
  5. the flap of the ear
  6. the tender shell of an unripe nut
  7. money coin, minted by the Pontiffs of Rome

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

folium tenue aurī vel ferrī
lammina -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 22

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelāminalāminae
lāmminae
genitivelāminae
lāmminae		lāminārum
lāmminārum
dativelāminae
lāmminae		lāminīs
lāmminīs
accusativelāminam
lāmminam		lāminās
lāmminās
ablativelāminālāminīs
lāmminīs
vocativelāminalāminae
lāmminae

lāmĭna or lammĭna, and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,
I. lamina, id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ἐλα- of ἐλαύνω; cf. ἐλατός].
I. Lit. (class.): cum lamina esset inventa, Cic. Leg. 2, 23, 58: tigna laminis clavisque religant, Caes. B. C. 2, 10, 3: cataphracta rum tegimen ferreis laminis consertum, Tac. H. 1, 79: plumbi, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 166: ex argento laminas ducere, id. 33, 9, 45, § 128; cf.: aes in laminas tenuare, id. 34, 8, 20, § 94: ossa in laminas secare, id. 8, 3, 4, § 7: tenuem nimium laminam ducere, Quint. 2, 4, 7: argutae lamina serrae, the blade of a saw, Verg. G. 1, 143; of a knife, Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 2; of a sword, Ov. M. 5, 173; 12, 488: doliorum, i. e. staves, Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 236 (Jahn, lanas): laminae aëneae, Vulg. Exod. 38, 6.—
II. Transf.
A. Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so, candens, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.: advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—
B. Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf. fulva, a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124: inimicus lamnae, foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2: tuas opes ... laminas utriusque materiae, of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—
C. A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—
D. Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72: aurium laminae frigescunt, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—
E. The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.

Origins

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *stelh₃- (“broad, to broaden”). See lātus, latus.

Elsewhere
  • Frenchlame
  • Catalanllamafrom French lame
  • Italianlamafrom French lame
  • Romanianlamură
  • Romanianlamă
  • Romanianlamină
  • Italianlandafrom Sicilian lanna
  • Catalanlàmina
  • Englishlamina
  • Frenchlamine
Proto-Brythonic
  • Bretonlaonfrom Middle Breton laffn
  • Cornishlown
  • Welshllafn

In English words that came into English from lāmina

  • laminatelaminātus
  • laminalāmina
  • laminarlāmina
  • lamelāmina
  • lamellalāmella
  • lamelliformlamella
  • laminallāmina
  • lamellicornlamella
  • lameslāmina
  • lamellocytelāmella

Quick answers

What does lāmina mean in Latin?
lāmina, a noun, means “a thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer; a red-hot plate used as torture devices for slaves”.
What is the genitive of lāmina?
The genitive singular is lāminae. lāmina is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce lāmina?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫaː.mɪ.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlaː.mi.na].
Which English words come from lāmina?
English words that go back to Latin lāmina include lamina, laminar, lame, laminal, lames and lamella.