lambentem
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vidit victoremque supra spatiosi tergoris hostem tristia sanguinea lambentem vulnera lingua, 'aut ultor vestrae, fidissima pectora, mortis..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...submissas infantibus adeo mitem praebuisse mammas ut lingua lambentem pueros magister regii pecoris invenerit—Faustulo fuisse nomen ferunt..."