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Lingua   /lˈɪŋgwə/   Listen
Lingua

noun
(pl. linguae)
1.
A mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity.  Synonyms: clapper, glossa, tongue.



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"Lingua" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Hymn of St. Hildebert) Me receptet Sion illa, Sion David, urbs tranquilla, Cujus faber auctor lucis, Cujus portae lignum crucis, Cujus claves lingua Petri, Cujus cives semper laeti, Cujus muri lapis vivus, ...
— The Golden Legend • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

... alcuna gente; Alcuna si sedea tutta raccolta; Ed altra andava continuamente. Quella che giva intorno era piu molta; E quella men che giaceva al tormento; Ma piu al duolo avea la lingua sciolta. Sovra tutto 'l sabbion d'un cader lento Piovean di fuoco dilatate falde, Come di neve in alpe senza vento. Quali Alessandro in quelle parti calde D' India vide sovra lo suo stuolo Fiamme cadere infino a ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 • Various

... XI, 1898, p. 302) states that the Ilocano of northwestern Luzon are markedly Chinese in appearance and speech, but he fails to give either authorities or examples to substantiate this claim. For Indian influence on Philippine dialects, see Pardo De Tavera, El sanscrito e la lingua tagalog (Paris, 1887); also Williams, Manual and ...
— The Tinguian - Social, Religious, and Economic Life of a Philippine Tribe • Fay-Cooper Cole



Words linked to "Lingua" :   articulator, oral cavity, taste bud, oral fissure, tastebud, rima oris, gustatory organ, pharynx, mouth, organ, throat



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