abligurrio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ab-lĭgūrrĭo (-gurio), īvi, ītum, 4, v. a.

I To lick away , waste or spend in luxurious indulgence : bona, Enn. ap. Don. ad Ter. Phorm. 339 (Sat. 29 Vahl.); Ter. Eun. 235: patrimonium, Ap. Mag. p. 313 (but in Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10, the correct read. is obligaverunt ).—

II In mal. part., Suet. Gram. 23.

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