lacinia

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lacinia, the lappet or flap of a garment. === Pronunciation === === Noun === lacinia (plural laciniae) (botany) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. (zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== laciniate === Anagrams === Acilian, ancilia == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin lacinia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /laˈt͡ʃi.nja/ Rhymes: -inja Hyphenation: la‧cì‧nia === Noun === lacinia f (plural lacinie) lacinia (plural only) wattles (of a goat) (entomology) internal region of the jaw in insects with chewing mouthparts === Further reading === lacinia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === lanciai, niliaca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognates include Latin lacer (“torn, mangled”), lanius (“butcher”) and Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lăkízō, “to tear to pieces”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈkɪ.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈt͡ʃiː.ni.a] === Noun === lacinia f (genitive laciniae); first declension an edge or flap of a garment dewlap a small piece of something (especially land) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== laciniātus ==== Descendants ==== → English: lacinia → Italian: lacinia → Portuguese: lacínia === References === “lacinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lacinia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “lacinia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “lacinia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “lacinia”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “lacinia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “lacinia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin