lambebat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lambo, lambere, lambi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
lick; lap/lick/suck up, absorb; wash/bathe; surround; fondle/caress (L+S); fawn;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Hylle, licet? Cum tibi uernarent dubia lanugine malae, lambebat medios improba lingua uiros. Postquam triste caput fastidia uispillonum..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...caelestes, in eandem vertitis anguem?' dixerat, ille suae lambebat coniugis ora inque sinus caros, veluti cognosceret, ibat..."