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1. lăbellum, i, n. dim. [1. labrum], a little lip, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 67; id. As. 4, 1, 52: dentes illidunt saepe labellis, * Lucr. 4, 1080: Platoni cum in cunis parvulo dormienti apes in labellis consedissent, Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78: nec te paeniteat calamo trivisse labellum, Verg. E. 2, 34; cf.: et roseo terit ore deus mollique labello, Pub. Syr. ap. Wernsd. Poet. L. Min. 2, 388: digito compesce labellum, Juv. 1, 160: extendere, to pout, thrust out, id. 15, 325: compara labella cum labellis, i. e. kiss, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78.
As a term of endearment: meus ocellus, meum labellum, mea salus, meum savium, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; so id. ib. 1, 2, 175.

2. lăbellum, i, n. dim. [2. labrum],

  1. I. a small water-vessel, a tub, bathing-tub, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 88: labellum fictile novum impleto paleis, Col. 12, 44, 1; 12, 28, 3.
  2. II. Esp., a small pan or basin set on a tomb for use in libations, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.