kiss for me

lā̆brum, i, n. [root lab, as in labium; v. lambo], a lip.

Lit.:

cape cultrum ac seca digitum vel nasum vel labrum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 39:

apes, quas dixisti in labris Platonis consedisse pueri,

Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66:

vide ut discidit labrum,

Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

labrum superius,

the upper lip, Caes. B. G. 5, 14:

(poculis) labra admovere,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

labra movere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 60; Juv. 13, 114:

sive puer furens impressit memorem dente labris notam,

Hor. C. 1, 13, 12:

haec ego mecum Compressis agito labris,

id. S. 1, 4, 137:

labra distorquere,

Quint. 1, 11, 9:

labra male porrigere, scindere, adstringere, diducere, replicare, in latus trahere,

id. 11, 3, 81: labra labris conserere, to kiss, Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 20, 9, 2:

labra labellis ferrummare,

to kiss, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25; so,

labra ad labella adjungere,

id. Ps. 5, 1, 14:

labra valgiter commovere,

Petr. 26:

viscantur labra mariti,

Juv. 6, 466.—

Prov.:

linere alicui labra,

to deceive one, Mart. 3, 42, 2:

non in pectore, sed in labris habere bonitatem,

Lact. 3, 16, 4:

primis or primoribus labris gustare, or attingere aliquid,

to get a slight taste of, to get only a superficial knowledge of a thing, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 20:

quae ipsi rhetores ne primoribus quidem labris attigissent,

id. de Or. 1, 19, 87:

multos vidi qui primoribus labris gustassent genus hoc vitae,

id. Cael. 12, 28:

non a summis labris venire,

not to be lightly spoken, Sen. Ep. 10, 3: similem habent labra lactucam, a saying of M. Crassus when he saw an ass eating thistles, and which may be rendered, like lips, like lettuce; meaning, like has met its like, Hier. Ep. 7, 5.—

Transf.

An edge, margin, brim (of a vessel, a ditch, etc.):

ut ejus fossae solum tantundem pateret, quantum summa labra distarent,

Caes. B. G. 7, 72:

extra duplex vallum fossae circumdedit, interiore labro murum objecit,

Liv. 37, 37, 11:

labra doliorum,

Cato, R. R. 107, 1:

fontis,

Plin. 31, 2, 19, § 28:

lilium resupinis per ambitum labris,

id. 21, 5, 11, § 23; 17, 22, 35, § 168.—

Poet., a trench, Aus. de Clar. Urb. 5, 9.—

Labrum Venerium, a plant growing by rivers, Plin. 25, 13, 108, § 171;

called also labrum Veneris,

Ser. Samm. 1038.

lābrum, i, n. [for lavabrum, q. v.], a basin, a tub for bathing; a vat for treading out grapes:

labrum si in balineo non est,

Cic. Fam. 14, 20:

marmoreo labro aqua exundat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 20:

splendentia,

Verg. A. 12, 417:

aëna,

id. ib. 8, 22:

marmorea duo labra ante fornicem posuit,

Liv. 37, 3, 7:

unda labris nitentibus instat,

Stat. S. 1, 5, 49:

eluacrum,

Cato, R. R. 11:

lupinarium,

id. ib.:

olearium,

id. ib. 13; Col. 12, 50, 10 sq.; cf.: spumat plenis vindemia labris, in the full vats or vessels, Verg. G. 2, 6;

of a tub or basin for bathing,

Vitr. 5, 10, 4;

of a fountain,

Dig. 19, 1, 15.—

Poet. transf., a bath:

nec Dryades, nec nos videamus labra Dianae,

Ov. F. 4, 761; cf. id. Ib. 481; id. H. 21, 178.

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

ap-pĕto ( adp-, Lachm., Baiter, Weissenb., Halm; app-, Ritschl, Kayser), īvi or ii, ītum, 3, v. a. and n. (class.; in poetry rare); act., to strive after a thing, to try to get, to grasp after (syn.: adfecto, nitor in aliquid).

Lit.

In gen.:

solem manibus adpetere,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46; so id. ib. 2, 41:

placentam,

Plin. 7, 53, 54, § 183; so, adpetere manum osculis, to seize upon the hand with kisses, i. e. in order to kiss it, Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250;

hence, appeti, of old men whose hands one seizes and kisses: haec enim ipsa sunt honorabilia, salutari, adpeti, decedi, adsurgi, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 18, 63; hence (like accedere), to go or come somewhere, to approach, arrive at:

urbem,

Suet. Caes. 42.— Of things without life: mare terram adpetens, pressing or rushing on, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 100:

crescebat interim urbs, munitionibus alia atque alia adpetendo loca,

by continually advancing farther, Liv. 1, 8:

Thule, quam hactenus nix et hiems adpetebat,

only snow and frost had approached, Tac. Agr. 10.—

Esp., to attack, to fall or seize upon, assault, assail (syn.:

peto, adgredior, adorior, invado): lapidibus appetere,

Cic. Dom. 5, 13:

ferro atque insidiis,

id. Rosc. Am. 11, 30; id. Planc. 29 fin.:

umerum gladio,

Caes. B. C. 2, 35; Liv. 7, 26:

aquila aquaticas aves adpetit,

Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 9:

morsu,

Tac. H. 4, 42; Dig. 38, 2, 14; 48, 5, 27 al.— Trop.:

ignominiis omnibus appetitis,

Cic. Quint. 31:

me amor appetit,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 8:

(uxor) falsā suspitione appetitur,

Vulg. Num. 5, 14.—

Trop., [p. 142] to strive after earnestly, to desire eagerly, to long for (syn.: peto, cupio, expeto; opp. declino, aspernor; v. infra): aliut in dies magis adpetitur, * Lucr. 5, 1279:

ut bona naturā adpetimus, sic a malis naturā declinamus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; cf. id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:

idem non modo non recusem, sed appetam etiam atque deposcam,

id. Phil. 3, 14:

inimicitias potentium appetere,

id. Mil. 36; so id. Rosc. Am. 18; id. Verr. 2, 5, 2; id. Agr. 2, 23:

alterum esse adpetendum, alterum aspernandum,

id. Fin. 1, 9, 31 al.:

amicitiam,

Caes. B. G. 1, 40:

adulescentium familiaritates,

Sall. C. 14, 5:

hereditates,

Suet. Aug. 60:

divitias,

Vulg. Sap. 8, 5; ib. 1 Tim. 6, 10:

nihil ornamentorum,

Suet. Vesp. 12 al.:

alienum,

Phaedr. 1, 4, 1:

nec abnuendum imperium nec adpetendum,

Sen. Thyest. 472 et saep.—Also of food, to have an appetite for (cf. appetitio, II. B.):

appetitur vilis oliva,

Mart. 9, 27:

pisciculos minutos, caseum,

Suet. Aug. 76.—Constr. with inf. as object:

ut adpetat animus agere semper aliquid,

Cic. Fin. 5, 20, 55; Stat. Th. 1, 234; Pall. 10, 13, 2.—

Neutr., to draw on or nigh, to approach, be at hand (only of time and things having relation to it;

syn.: venio, advenio, adpropinquo, adsum): cum appetit meridies,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 116:

dies adpetebat,

Caes. B. G. 6, 35:

nox jam adpetebat,

Liv. 8, 38; so id. 5, 44; 10, 42:

tempus anni,

id. 34, 13; so id. 22, 1; 29, 10 al.:

lux,

Tac. A. 4, 51 al.:

partitudo cui appetit,

Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 36:

consularia comitia adpetebant,

Liv. 41, 28:

adpetit finis,

Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 23 fin. — Hence, appĕtens ( adp-), entis, P. a. (acc. to II.); pr. striving passionately after something; hence,

In gen., desirous of, eager for; constr. with gen.:

appetens gloriae atque avidus laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3:

nihil est adpetentius similium sui,

id. Lael. 14, 50:

studiosissimi adpetentissimique honestatis,

id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; so Sall. C. 5, 4; id. J. 7, 1; Plin. 31, 6, 36, § 69:

turbidi et negotiorum adpetentes,

Tac. A. 14, 57; id. H. 1, 49; 3, 39; 4, 6; 4, 83; Gell. 16, 3.—

Esp., eager for money (cf. abundans), avaricious:

homo non cupidus neque appetens,

Cic. Agr. 2, 8:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa,

id. de Or. 2, 43, 182.— Adv.: appĕtenter ( adp-), eagerly, in a grasping spirit or manner:

ne cupide quid agerent, ne adpetenter,

Cic. Off. 1, 10, 33; App. M. 7, p. 192, 40 Elm.— Comp. and sup. not used.

appĕto ( adp-), ōnis, m. [1. appeto], he that strives eagerly for a thing, Laber. ap. Non. p. 74, 8 (Com. Rel. p. 251 Rib.).

ad-mŏvĕo, mōvi, mōtum, 2, v. a. (admōram, admōrim, etc., sync. for admoveram, admoverim, etc., Verg. A. 4, 367; Ov. P. 3, 7, 36), to move a person or thing; to bring, conduct, lead, carry, etc., to or toward a place (syn.: adduco, adicio, adhibeo, appello).

Lit.

In gen., constr. with ad or with dat. (in the histt., of an army, implements for besieging, etc.; class. at all periods): dum ne exercitum propius urbem Romam CC milia admoveret, Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 5:

copias in locum,

Liv. 42, 57:

signa Achradinae,

id. 25, 24 ext.; so Flor. 1, 24, 3, 23:

castra,

Sil. 1, 296.—Hence, also, sometimes absol., to draw near, to approach, to bring near:

jam admovebat rex,

Curt. 9, 4:

jam opera admoventi deditio est facta,

Liv. 32, 32:

scalas moenibus,

Tac. A. 13, 39. — Trop.:

quot admovi illi fabricas! quot fallacias!

Plaut. Cist. 2, 2, 5 (where formerly admoenivi was erroneously read):

tamquam aliquā machinā admotā, capere Asinii adulescentiam,

Cic. Clu. 13;

so also: ignes ardentesque laminae ceterique cruciatus admovebantur (sc. civi Romano),

id. Verr. 2, 5, 63:

dolorum faces,

id. Off. 2, 10, 37:

cumque quasi faces ei doloris admoverentur,

id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

fasciculum ad nares,

id. ib. 3, 18 fin.:

pecus flagrantibus aris,

Verg. A. 12, 171:

admotae hostiae (sc. aris),

Tac. A. 2, 69; so Suet. Calig. 32; Luc. 7, 165: Hannibalem admotum, i. e. adductum altaribus, led or conducted to, Liv. 21, 1:

labra poculis,

Verg. E. 3, 43:

ignes templis,

Tib. 3, 5, 11:

exercitum Ariminum,

Liv. 28, 46:

vultum ad auditores,

Auct. Her. 3, 15:

animam admotis fugientem sustinet herbis,

Ov. M. 10, 188:

(opes) Stygiis admoverat umbris,

id. ib. 1, 139:

manus operi,

to apply, id. ib. 10, 254:

capiti diadema,

Suet. Caes. 79:

digitum scripturae,

id. Aug. 80:

oscula,

to give a kiss, Ov. M. 10, 644:

aliquem ad munera publica,

to promote, advance, Suet. Tib. 10:

infantes papillae,

to put to, id. Tib. 44 al.:

gressum,

to approach nearer, Stat. Th. 11, 560 (cf.: addere gressum).—

Esp.

To bring one thing near to another, and in the pass. poet. of places, to lie or be situated near:

nocturna ad lumina linum nuper ubi extinctum admoveas,

Lucr. 6, 901:

quae nisi admoto igne ignem concipere possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45 fin.: culina ut sit admota, i. e. near or close by, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 2:

genus admotum Superis,

nearly related, Sil. 8, 295:

admota Nilo Africa,

Juv. 10, 149.—Hence, aliquem alicui, to bring one near another, i. e. to make friends, to reconcile:

mors Agrippae admovit propius Neronem Caesari,

Vell. 2, 96.—

With the access. idea of regard to an object to be attained, to move, bring, or apply a thing to; e. g. admovere aures (or aurem), to lend an ear to: manus (or manum) operi, to put one's hand to a work, etc.: accessi, adstiti, animam ( my breath) compressi, aurem admovi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 28:

admovere aures et subauscultando excipere voces,

Cic. de Or. 2, 36 (cf.:

aures adhibere,

id. Arch. 3:

praebere aures,

Ov. Tr. 3, 7, 25; and:

tenere aures,

id. ib. 4, 10, 49); and aures, poet. for auditores:

cum tibi sol tepidus plures admoverit aures,

Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 19:

admovent manus vectigalibus populi Rom.,

Cic. Agr. 1, 4; Ov. M. 15, 218; Liv. 5, 22, 4:

in marmoribus, quibus Nicias manum admovisset,

which he had put his hand to, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 133; Curt. 6, 7:

ruderibus purgandis manus primus admovit,

Suet. Vesp. 8. But sometimes manus admovere signif., to lay violent hands on, to attack or assault:

numquam deos ipsos admovere nocentibus manus,

Liv. 5, 11 fin. al.—

Fig., of mental objects, to put, apply, or direct to any thing:

quid praedicem... quot stimulos admoverit homini,

put the goad to, Cic. Sest. 5, 12:

mulier saevissima est, Cum stimulos odio pudor admovet,

Juv. 10, 328:

num admoveri possit oratio ad sensus animorum inflammandos,

Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 60:

animis judicum admovere orationem, tamquam fidibus manum,

id. Brut. 54, 200: sed alia quaedam sit ad eum admovenda curatio (just before: adhibenda oratio; cf.

adhibeo),

id. Tusc. 4, 28, 61: mentem ad voces alicujus, to direct to, attend to, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 10: serus enim Graecis admovit acumina chartis, not until late did ( the Roman) apply his wits to Greek literature, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 161:

terrorem,

to strike with terror, Liv. 6, 10; 41, 17:

spes est admota,

Ov. M. 11, 454:

spes cupiditati admota occaecavit animum,

Liv. 43, 10; id. 27, 43: desiderium patriae, to instil or infuse, Curt. 6, 2 al.

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

līmō, adv., v. 1. limus fin.

līmo, āvi, ātum (arch. limassis, for limaveris, Caecil. Com. 140), 1, v. a. [lima], to file.

Lit.:

gemmis scalpendis atque limandis,

Plin. 36, 7, 10, § 54.—

Transf.

To file off:

plumbum limatum,

lead-filings, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 168:

limata scobs,

id. ib.:

cornum limatum lima lignaria,

Scrib. 141:

acumen ossis,

Cels. 8, 10, 7.—

To rub, whet:

cornu ad saxa limato,

Plin. 8, 20, 29, § 71;

hence, limare caput cum aliquo,

to kiss, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 40; id. Poen. 1, 2, 82.—

Trop.

In gen., to file, polish, finish:

quaedam institui, quae limantur a me politius,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 2:

stilus hoc maxime ornat ac limat,

id. de Or. 3, 49, 190:

ut ars aliquid limare non possit,

id. ib. 1, 25, 115:

vir nostrorum hominum urbanitate limatus,

id. N. D. 2, 29, 74.—

In partic.

To investigate accurately, to clear of every thing superfluous:

veritas ipsa limatur in disputatione,

Cic. Off. 2, 10, 35:

subtiliter mendacium,

Phaedr. 3, 10, 49. —

Cum se ipse consulto ad minutarum causarum genera limaverit, has prepared one's self thoroughly for, Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 3, 9.—

To file off, take away from, diminish:

tantum alteri affinxit, de altero limavit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 9, 36:

de tua prolixa beneficaque natura limavit aliquid posterior annus,

id. Fam. 3, 8, 8:

commoda alicujus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 38:

multum inde decoquent anni, multum ratio limabit,

Quint. 2, 4, 7. —Hence, līmātus, a, um, P. a., polished, refined, elegant, fine, accurate:

vir oratione maxime limatus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 180:

jure madens, varioque togae limatus in usu,

Mart. 7, 51, 5:

pressum limatumque genus dicendi,

Quint. 2, 8, 4; 11, 1, 3:

Attici,

id. 12, 10, 17.— Comp.:

limatius dicendi genus,

Cic. Brut. 24, 93:

comis et urbanus fuerit limatior idem,

Hor. S. 1, 10, 65:

limatius ingenium,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 21.—Hence, adv.: līmātē, finely, elegantly, accurately; comp.:

limatius scriptum,

Cic. Fin. 5, 5, 12:

limatius quaerere,

Amm. 15, 13, 2.

līmo, āre, v. a. [2. limus], to bemire, besmirch (in double sense, v. 2. limo, I. 2.):

caput alicui,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 82.

† Līmo, ōnis, m., = leimôn, the Meadow, the name of a writing of Cicero, Suet. Vit. Ter.—

A Roman surname: C. Apronius Limo, Ascon. ap. Cic. Or. pro Scauro.

lingua (ante-class. form dingua, like dagrima for lacrima, Mar. Victorin. p. 2457 and 2470 P.; cf. the letter D), ae, f. [Sanscr. jihvā; original Lat. form. dingua; A. -S. tunga; Germ. Zunge; Engl. tongue. Not from the root lih, lich, v. lingo], the tongue.

Lit.:

fac proserpentem bestiam me duplicem ut habeam linguam (of a kiss in which the tongues touched each other),

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 105:

lingua haeret metu,

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 7:

in ore sita lingua est, finita dentibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149:

linguā haesitantes,

id. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

linguā properanti legere,

Ov. P. 3, 5, 9:

linguā titubante loqui,

id. Tr. 3, 1, 21:

quo facilius verba ore libero exprimeret, calculos lingua volvens dicere domi solebat (Demosthenes),

Quint. 11, 3, 54: linguam exserere, to thrust out the tongue, in token of derision or contempt, Liv. 7, 10: so,

lingua ejecta,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 266:

lingua minor,

the epiglottis, Plin. 11, 37, 66, § 175.—Comically, as mock term of endearment:

hujus voluptas, te opsecro, hujus mel, hujus cor, hujus labellum, hujus lingua,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 178; cf. v. 175.—In mal. part.: homo malae linguae, a fellow with a bad tongue, i. q. fellator, Mart. 3, 80, 2; Min. Fel. Oct. 28.—

Transf.

Since the tongue is an organ of speech, a tongue, utterance, speech, language:

largus opum, lingua melior,

Verg. A. 11, 338:

facilem benevolumque lingua tua jam tibi me reddidit,

Ter. Hec. 5, 1, 35:

non tu tibi istam praetruncari linguam largiloquam jubes?

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 47:

Latium beare divite linguā,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 120:

lingua quasi flabello seditionis contionem ventilare,

Cic. Fl. 23, 54:

linguam continere,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13:

tenere,

Ov. F. 2, 602:

moderari,

Sall. J. 84:

linguae solutio,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 114:

linguam solvere ad jurgia,

Ov. M. 3, 261:

quidam operarii linguā celeri et exercitatā,

Cic. de Or. 1, 18, 83:

ut vitemus linguas hominum,

id. Fam. 9, 2, 2:

Aetolorum linguas retundere,

to check their tongues, bring them to silence, Liv. 33, 3; cf.:

claudente noxarum conscientiā linguam,

Amm. 16, 12, 61:

si mihi lingua foret,

Ov. H. 21, 205:

ne vati noceat mala lingua futuro,

Verg. E. 7, 28: favete linguis, i. e. give attention, " be silent that you may hear," Hor. C. 3, 1, 2; Ov. F. 1, 71:

linguis animisque faventes,

Juv. 12, 83:

nam lingua mali pars pessima servi,

id. 9, 121:

mercedem imponere linguae,

i. e. to speak for pay, id. 7, 149:

usum linguae reciperare,

Amm. 17, 12, 10:

linguā debili esse,

to stammer, Gell. 1, 12, 2.—Comically: os habeat, linguam, perfidiam, tongue, i. e. readiness in speech, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 33. —

The tongue or language of a people:

lingua Latina, Graeca,

Cic. Fin. 1, 3, 10:

Graeca et Latina lingua,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6:

(Massilia) tam procul a Graecorum regionibus, disciplinis linguāque divisa,

Cic. Fl. 26, 63:

quod quidem Latina lingua sic observat, ut, etc.,

id. Or. 44, 150:

Gallicae linguae scientiam habere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 47:

qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli, appellantur,

id. ib. 1, 1:

dissimili linguā,

Sall. C. 6, 2:

linguā utrāque,

i. e. Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 23; so, auctores utriusque linguae, Quint. prooem. 1;

1, 1, 14: Mithridates, cui duas et viginti linguas notas fuisse,

id. 11, 2, 50:

haud rudis Graecae linguae,

Curt. 5, 11, 4; 5, 4, 4; Nep. Milt. 3, 2:

Syrus in Tiberim Orontes et linguam et mores vexit,

Juv. 3, 63.—

Dialect, idiom, mode of speech (post-Aug.): illis non verborum modo, sed. linguarum etiam se inter differentium copia est. Quint. 12, 10, 34:

Crassus quinque Graeci sermonis differentias sic tenuit, ut, qua quisque apud eum linguā postulasset, eadem jus sibi redditum ferret,

id. 11, 2, 50:

utar enim historicā linguā,

Sen. Q. N. 1, 13, 3:

si philosophorum linguā uti voluissem,

id. ib. 2, 2, 4.—

Poet. of animals. the voice, note, song, bark, etc.:

linguae volucrum,

Verg. A. 3, 361; 10, 177:

linguam praecludere (canis),

Phaedr. 1, 22, 5.—

An utterance, expression:

lingua secretior,

a dark saying, Quint. 1, 1, 35.—

Of tongue-shaped things.

A plant, also called lingulaca, Plin. 24, 19, 108, § 170.—

Lingua bubula, a plant, oxtongue, bugloss, Cato, R. R. 40; Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 112.—

Lingua canina, Cels. 5, 27, 18 init.;

and lingua canis,

App. Herb. 96, the plant hound's-tongue, also called cynoglossos; q. v.—

A tongue of land: id promontorium, Cujus lingua in altum proicit, Pac. ap. Gell. 4, 17 fin.:

lingua in altum mille passuum excurrens,

Liv. 37, 31, 9; Weissenb. ad Liv. 25, 15, 12:

eminet in altum lingua, in qua urbs sita est,

Liv. 44, 11:

tenuem producit in aequora linguam,

Luc. 2, 614; cf.: lingua dicitur promontorii genus non excellentis sed molliter in planum devexi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 121 Müll.—

A spoonful, as a measure, Plin. 26, 11, 73, § 119 (al. lingulis).—

The tongue or reed of a flute, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 84.—

The short arm of a lever:

vectis lingua sub onus subdita,

Vitr. 10, 8 (cf. ligula, VII.).

bāsĭum, ii, n. [for sāvĭum, suavium; cf. Engl. buss; O. Germ. bus], a kiss.

In gen. (rare and mostly poet.; most freq. in Cat.;

not in Plaut. or Ter.): da mi basia mille,

Cat. 5, 7; 5, 13; 7, 9; 16, 12; 99, 16; Mart. 2, 21, 1; 11, 98, 9; 12, 55, 9; 12, 59, 1; Petr. 21, 2, 110:

impingere alicui,

id. 21, 2, 31.—

Esp., a kissing of the hand:

jactat basia tibicen,

throws kisses of the hand, Phaedr. 5, 8, 28; so Juv. 4, 117.

lăbellum, i, n. dim. [1. labrum], a little lip, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 67; id. As. 4, 1, 52: dentes illidunt saepe labellis, * Lucr. 4, 1080:

Platoni cum in cunis parvulo dormienti apes in labellis consedissent,

Cic. Div. 1, 36, 78:

nec te paeniteat calamo trivisse labellum,

Verg. E. 2, 34; cf.: et roseo terit ore deus mollique labello, Pub. Syr. ap. Wernsd. Poet. L. Min. 2, 388:

digito compesce labellum,

Juv. 1, 160:

extendere,

to pout, thrust out, id. 15, 325:

compara labella cum labellis,

i. e. kiss, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 78.—As a term of endearment:

meus ocellus, meum labellum, mea salus, meum savium,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; so id. ib. 1, 2, 175.

lăbellum, i, n. dim. [2. labrum], a small water-vessel, a tub, bathing-tub, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 88:

labellum fictile novum impleto paleis,

Col. 12, 44, 1; 12, 28, 3.—

Esp., a small pan or basin set on a tomb for use in libations, Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.