bāsĭum
bāsĭum, ii, n. for sāvĭum, suavium; cf. Engl. buss; O. Germ. bus, a kiss. In gen. (rare and mostly poet.; most freq. in Cat.; not in Plaut. or Ter.): da mi basia mille, Cat. 5, 7; 5, 13; 7, 9; 16, 12; 99, 16; Mart. 2, 21, 1; 11, 98, 9; 12, 55, 9; 12, 59, 1; Petr. 21, 2, 110: impingere alicui, id. 21, 2, 31.— Esp., a kissing of the hand: jactat basia tibicen, throws kisses of the hand, Phaedr. 5, 8, 28; so Juv. 4, 117.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
bāsĭum
Headword (normalized/stripped):
basium
Intro Text:
bāsĭum, ii, n. for sāvĭum, suavium; cf. Engl. buss; O. Germ. bus, a kiss. In gen. (rare and mostly poet.; most freq. in Cat.; not in Plaut. or Ter.): da mi basia mille, Cat. 5, 7; 5, 13; 7, 9; 16, 12; 99, 16; Mart. 2, 21, 1; 11, 98, 9; 12, 55, 9; 12, 59, 1; Petr. 21, 2, 110: impingere alicui, id. 21, 2, 31.— Esp., a kissing of the hand: jactat basia tibicen, throws kisses of the hand, Phaedr. 5, 8, 28; so Juv. 4, 117.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n5021
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