lambentibus
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. pl. pres. act. part.dat. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Europen; canibus pigris scabieque uetusta leuibus et siccae lambentibus ora lucernae nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, si quid..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...labore extracta sit, quamdiu filium tenuerit a lambentibus flammis. unde enim speraret, ut postea videre contingeret, ut extra..."