lambit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lambo, lambere, lambui, lambitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
lick; lap/lick/suck up, absorb; wash/bathe; surround; fondle/caress (L+S); fawn;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - 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. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...iussumque exire repugnat, tum super incumbens pallentia uolnera lambit ore uenena trahens et siccat dentibus artus, extractamque potens..."Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...exemplum in nostro tam detestabile sexu. Tedia non lambit Cluuiam nec Flora Catullam: Hispo subit iuuenes et morbo..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...abreptis Scythico deserta sub antro accubat et tepidi lambit uestigia saxi; nusquam irae, sedit rabidi feritasque famesque oris..."
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uallibus errat, incertusque sui liquidum nunc aera lambit ore supinato, nunc arua gementia radens pronus adhaeret humo..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Sicyonis culta serunt, quos pigra uado Langia tacenti lambit et anfractu riparum incuruus Elisson. saeuus honos fluuio: Stygias..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit; interdum scopulos avulsaque viscera montis erigit eructans, liquefactaque saxa..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...offert. decerptas senior porrexerat Inachus herbas: illa manus lambit patriisque dat oscula palmis nec retinet lacrimas..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...offert. decerptas senior porrexerat Inachus herbas: illa manus lambit patriisque dat oscula palmis nec retinet lacrimas..."
