osclum

oscŭlum ( auscŭlum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; osclum, id. Truc. 1, 2, 8), i, n. dim. [1. os], a little mouth, pretty mouth, sweet mouth (cf.: labium, labellum).

I.

Lit. (only poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

videt oscula, quae, etc.,

Ov. M. 1, 499; 10, 344: delibare, to touch, i. e. to kiss, Verg. A. 12, 434; id. G. 2, 523; Mart. 11, 92, 7; Suet. Aug. 94; Petr. 126; App. M. 3, p. 137, 41.—

II.

Transf., a kiss (freq. and class.;

syn.: basium, suavium): utinam continuo ad osculum Atticae possim currere,

Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1:

oggerere,

to give, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 8:

alicui ferre,

id. Ep. 4, 2, 4;

Cic. Fragm. ap. Non.: capere,

to take, Ov. 11, 13, 120:

figere,

to imprint, Verg. A. 1, 687:

carpere,

Ov. H. 11, 117:

sumere,

id. ib. 13, 141:

eripere,

Tib. 2, 5, 91:

jacere,

Tac. H. 1, 36:

accipere et dare,

Ov. H. 15, 132:

detorquere ad oscula Cervicem,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 25:

rapere,

to snatch, steal, Val. Fl. 1, 264:

breve,

a brief, hasty kiss, Tac. Agr. 4: osculi jus, the right of kissing between relatives of both sexes, Suet. Claud. 26:

in osculo sancto,

Vulg. Rom, 16, 16.