basio

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

bāsĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [basium],

to kiss , to give a kiss (poet. and rare; most freq. in Cat.; not in Plaut. or Ter.): basia multa basiare, Cat. 7, 9; 8, 18; 48, 1 sq.; Mart. 1, 94, 2; 7, 95, 7; 11, 98, 8; Petr. 18, 4; 135, 2.

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