- 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):II.
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.—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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.