English

Noun

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.

Latin

Etymology

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

Noun

lacinia f ‎(genitive laciniae); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lacinia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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 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