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..."- P
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..."