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
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..."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..."