# laura
## English
### Alternative forms

* lavra

### Etymology

From the Late Latin laura, from Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra, “lane, path”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈlɔɹə/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈlɔːɹə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

### Noun

laura (plural lauras or laurae)
* (historical, Roman Catholicism) A number of hermitages or cells in the same neighborhood occupied by anchorites who were under the same superior
** 1864, Charles Kingsley, Lecture IX: The Monk a Civilizer: The Roman and the Teuton: A Series of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge, page 240:The solitaries of the Thebaid found that they became selfish wild beasts, or went mad, if they remained alone; and they formed themselves into lauras, 'lanes' of huts, convents, under a common abbot or father.
* (historical, Eastern Orthodox Church) A cluster of cells or caves for hermits, with a church and sometimes a refectory at the centre.
** 1966, E. C. Butler, “Chapter XVIII: Monasticism”, in H. M. Gwatkin, J. P. Whitney, editors, The Cambridge Medieval History, volume 1, page 529:There were the cenobia, or monasteries proper, where the life was according to the lines laid down by St Basil; and there were the lauras, wherein a semi-eremitical life was followed, the monks living in separate huts within the enclosure.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* aural

## Basque
### Adjective

laura
* allative inanimate singular of lau

### Noun

laura
* allative singular of lau

### Numeral

laura
* allative singular of lau

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɔ.ʁa/

### Verb

laura
* third-person singular past historic of laurer

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈɫ̪äu̯rä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlau̯.ra/, [ˈläːu̯rä]

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
* Egyptian rue (Ruta angustifolia)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Apuleius to this entry?)

##### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | laura | laurae |
| Genitive | laurae | laurārum |
| Dative | laurae | laurīs |
| Accusative | lauram | laurās |
| Ablative | laurā | laurīs |
| Vocative | laura | laurae |

#### References

* laura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 894/1.

### Etymology 2

From the Ancient Greek λαύρα (laúra).

#### Noun

laura f (genitive laurae); first declension
* (Late Latin) monastery, convent, laura

##### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | laura | laurae |
| Genitive | laurae | laurārum |
| Dative | laurae | laurīs |
| Accusative | lauram | laurās |
| Ablative | laurā | laurīs |
| Vocative | laura | laurae |

##### Descendants

* → English: laura
* → Italian: laura
* → Sicilian: laura

#### References

* laura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* “Laura” on page 404 of Domenico Magri’s Hierolexicon, ſive Sacrum Dictionarium (editio omnium recentissima, augmented by Stefano Sciugliaga, 1765)