titillo

tītillo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to tickle, titillate.

I.

Lit.:

sensus,

Lucr. 2, 429:

voluptas, quae quasi titillaret sensus,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39; cf.

carnem,

Tert. Pud. 22 med.:

multitudinis levitatem voluptate quasi titillantes,

Cic. Off. 2, 18, 63. —

II.

Trop.:

ne vos titillet gloria,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 179:

maerorem,

Sen. Ep. 99, 7:

appetentia cum titillatur,

Macr. S. 7, 5, 30:

titillata voluptas,

Aus. Epigr. 108, 15:

femina nulla prorsus invidia titillata,

Mart. Cap. 2, § 172:

his blandimentis titillat animas,

Lact. 6, 22, 3; Aug. in Psa. 102, 5, Serm. 154, 4; Leo. M. Serm. 41, 1.— Absol.:

ego titillare non desinam,

to amuse myself, Sen. Ep. 113, 21; cf.:

per diem noctemque titillari velle,

id. Vit. Beat. 5, 4:

titillante gulā,

Macr. S. 7, 5, 23.