sāvium or suāvium

suāvĭum ( sāvĭum), ii, n. [id.].

A mouth puckered up to be kissed (anteclass. and very rare; syn. osculum): dum semihiulco savio meo puellum savior, Poët. ap. Gell. 19, 11, 4; Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 16; cf. id. As. 4, 1, 53; App M. 3, p. 135, 35.—

Transf., a kiss, a love-kiss, philêma (mostly ante-class.; esp. freq. in Plaut.; syn.: osculum, basium; cf.: sciendum osculum religionis esse, savium voluptatis;

quamvis quidam osculum filiis dari, uxori basium, scorto savium dicant,

Serv. Verg. A. 1, 260):

qui tuae non des amicae suavium,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 5; id. As. 5, 2, 41:

da savium priusquam abis,

id. ib. 5, 2, 91:

savium posco,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 14:

saliendo sese exercebant magis quam scorto aut saviis,

id. Bacch. 3, 3, 25:

savia suavia,

App. M. 6, p. 176, 15 et saep.:

Atticae... quoniam hilarula est, meis verbis suavium des,

Cic. Att. 16, 11, 8.—As a term of endearment:

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

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 153; 1, 2, 170; 1, 2, 175;

1, 2, 178: mea salus, meum savium,

Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 3.

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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.