osculor

oscŭlor, ātus, 1 (old form auscŭ-lor, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42; id. Merc. 3, 3, 14; old inf. oscularier; v. infra), v. dep. [osculum], to kiss (class.).

I.

Lit.: compellando blanditer, ausculando. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69:

eam vidisse cum alieno oscularier,

kissing each other, id. Mil. 2, 2, 88:

osculari atque amplexari inter se,

id. ib. 5, 1, 40:

ille autem me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14:

eum complexus, osculatusque dimisit,

id. Att. 16, 5, 2:

simulacrum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94:

osculetur me osculo oris sui,

Vulg. Cant. 1, 1. —

II.

Transf., to make much of, to value, prize:

inimicum meum sic amplexabantur, sic osculabantur,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10:

scientiam juris tamquam filiolam,

id. Mur. 10, 23.