exosculatus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →exosculo, exosculare, exosculavi, exosculatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
kiss;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →exosculor, exosculari, exosculatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
kiss fondly; express fondness for; admire greatly;
nom. sg. perf. part.
Examples
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...Favorinus scientiam rerum uberem verborumque eius elegantiam exosculatus: "absque te" inquit "uno forsitan lingua profecto Graeca longe anteisset..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...fero: cum duos armatos viderem, ad fortiorem confugi". Exosculatus pectus sapientia plenum inieci cervicibus manus, et ut facile..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...rariora de nobili -, recitatione finita multum ac diu exosculatus adulescentem, qui est acerrimus stimulus monendi, laudibus incitavi, pergeret..."
