lambendo
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;
abl. sg. fut. pass. part.abl. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.dat. sg. fut. pass. part.
Examples
- G
Virgil
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE POETIS
"...absurde carmen se more ursae parere dicens et lambendo demum effingere. "Aeneida" prosa prius oratione formatam digestamque..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...reddidit ursa recenti, sed male viva caro est; lambendo mater in artus fingit et in formam, quantam capit..."