Definition of lingua
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LEM
lingua, linguae
old dingua
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. tongue, the tongue
  2. a tongue, utterance, speech, language
  3. tongue, speech, dialect, language
  4. [of animals] the voice, note, song, bark
  5. a tongue of land
  6. tongue, garrulity, insolence
Abbreviations
lingua ae, f old dingua, cf. Germ. Zunge

— Engl. tongue, the tongue: lingua haeret metu, T.: exsectio linguae: linguā titubante loqui, O.: linguam exserere (in derision or contempt), L.

—A tongue, utterance, speech, language: ignara, S.: verborum copia in nostrā lingua: Largus opum, linguā melior, V.: Latium beare divite linguā, H.: ut vitemus linguas hominum: Aetolorum linguas retundere, check, L.: Favete linguis, i. e. give attention, H.: nam lingua mali pars pessima servi, Iu.: mercedem imponere linguae, i. e. speak for pay, Iu.

—Tongue, speech, dialect, language: Latina, Graeca: qui ipsorum linguā Celtae, nostrā Galli, appellantur, Cs.: dissimili linguā, S.: linguā utrāque, i. e. Greek and Latin, H.

—Of animals, the voice, note, song, bark: linguae volucrum, V.: linguam praecludere (of a dog), Ph.

—A tongue of land: eminet in altum lingua, L.

—Tongue, garrulity, insolence: linguā promptus hostis, L.: magna, H.: materna, boasting, O.

—Fluency, eloquence, readiness of speech: quibus lingua prompta, L.: Est animus tibi, est lingua, H.
 
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