lacinia

Borrowed from Latin lacinia, the lappet or flap of a garment.

lacinia (plural laciniae)

1. (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.
2. (botany) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
3. (zoology) The posterior inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.

• lacinial

• laciniate

• Acilian

From Latin lacinia.

• IPA^(key): /laˈt͡ʃi.nja/
• Rhymes: -inja
• Hyphenation: la‧cì‧nia

lacinia f (plural lacinie)

1. lacinia
2. (plural only) wattles (of a goat)
3. (entomology) internal region of the jaw in insects with chewing mouthparts

• lacinia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• lanciai, niliaca

From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognates include Latin lacer (“torn, mangled”), lanius (“butcher”) and Ancient Greek λᾰκίζω (lakízō, “to tear to pieces”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /laˈki.ni.a/, [ɫ̪äˈkɪniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈt͡ʃi.ni.a/, [läˈt͡ʃiːniä]

lacinia f (genitive laciniae); first declension

1. An edge or flap of a garment
2. dewlap
3. A small piece of something (especially land)

First-declension noun.

• Italian: lacinia
• → English: lacinia
• Portuguese: lacínia

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• “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