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palpebra

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See also: pálpebra

English

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Etymology

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Borrowing from Latin palpebra (an eyelid). Compare Middle English palpebre.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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palpebra (plural palpebrae or (archaic) palpebræ)

  1. (anatomy) An eyelid.
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References

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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palpebra f (plural palpebres)

  1. Alternative form of parpella

Interlingua

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Noun

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palpebra (plural palpebras)

  1. eyelid

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin palpebra (eyelid), from palpō (touch softly; caress, flatter).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpal.pe.bra/
  • Rhymes: -alpebra
  • Hyphenation: pàl‧pe‧bra
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Noun

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palpebra f (plural palpebre)

  1. eyelid

Further reading

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  • palpebra in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • palpebra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From palpō (to touch softly; to caress, flatter) +‎ -bra (instrumental noun suffix).

Alternative forms

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Noun

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palpebra f (genitive palpebrae); first declension

  1. (literal, usually in the plural) an eyelid
    Synonym: cilium
  2. (transferred sense, in the plural)
    1. eyelashes
      Synonym: (Medieval Latin) cilia
    2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the eyes
      Synonym: oculī
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Inflection
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative palpebra palpebrae
genitive palpebrae palpebrārum
dative palpebrae palpebrīs
accusative palpebram palpebrās
ablative palpebrā palpebrīs
vocative palpebra palpebrae
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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palpebra n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of palpebrum

See also

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References

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  • palpebra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • palpebra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.