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lāmĭna or lammĭna , and sync. lamna (e. g. Hor. C. 2, 2, 2; id. Ep. 1, 15, 36; Val. Fl. 1, 123; Vitr. 7, 9; also,
I.lamina,id. 5, 3), ae, f., a thin piece of metal, wood, marble, etc., a plate, leaf, layer, lamina [root la, = ἐλα- of ἐλαύνω; cf. ἐλατός].
II. Transf.
A. Laminae ardentes, red-hot plates, instruments of torture for slaves, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163; so, “candens,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36; without adj.: “advorsum laminas, crucesque conpedisque,Plaut. As. 3, 2, 4; Lucr. 3, 1017.—
B. Money coin: et levis argenti lamina crimen erat, Ov. F. 1, 209; cf. “fulva,a gold piece, gold, id. M. 11, 124: “inimicus lamnae,foe to money, Hor. C. 2, 2, 2: “tuas opes ... laminas utriusque materiae,of each precious metal, Sen. Ben. 7, 10, 1.—
C. A saw, Sen. Ben. 4, 6.—
D. Aurium, the flap of the ear, Arn. 2, 72: “aurium laminae frigescunt,Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 14, 198.—
E. The tender shell of an unripe nut, Ov. Nux, 95.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.163
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 2, 4.7
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