poppysma

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

poppysma, ătis, n., and poppys-mus, i, m., = πόππυσμα and ποππυσμός,

a smacking or clucking with the tongue , as a sign of approbation, Juv. 6, 584; on occasion of lightning, as a religious ceremony, Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 25; of a similar sound, Mart. 7, 18, 11.

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