Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1274.ōsculum on page 1274
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ōsculum kiss
ōsculum is a Latin Noun that primarily means kiss.
Definitions for ōsculum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
kiss
English derivatives:
osculate osculation osculant oscular osculatory
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A kiss; (esp.) ~um ferre, dare, figere, imprimere, etc. to give a kiss; ~a iungere, to exchange kisses.
- 2
The mouth, lips (usu. as used in the giving or receiving of kisses). (b) (transf.) an orifice, mouthpiece (in a pipe).
Sentences with ōsculum
Latin to English
Cui verba sonosque monstravi questusque et vulnera caeca resolvi, reptantemque solo demissus ad oscula nostra erexi, blandoque sinu iam iamque cadentes exsopire genas dulcesque accesere somnos.Compare I taught thee sounds and words and soothed thy complainings and thy hidden hurts, and as thou didst crawl on the ground, I stooped and lifted thee to my kisses, and lovingly on my bosom lulled to sleep thy drooping eyes, and bade sweet slumber to take thee. [Statius Lament for his son]
Armat spina rosas, mella tegunt apes. crescunt difficili gaudia iurgo accenditque magis, quae refugit, Venus. quod flenti tuleris, plus sapit osculum. [Fescennina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti, IV,10]Compare Thorns arm the rose and bees find a defense for their honey. The refusals of coyness do but increase the joy; the desire for that which flies us is the more inflamed; sweeter is the kiss snatched through tears.
Et si quid doluturus eris, sine testibus illis; cum venient, siccis oscula falle genis.Compare When you must cry yourself, make sure they are not there; should they surprise you, deceive their kisses with dry cheeks.
Declension table for ōsculum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | ōsculum | ōscula |
| Gen. | ōsculī | ōsculōrum |
| Dat. | ōsculō | ōsculīs |
| Acc. | ōsculum | ōscula |
| Abl. | ōsculō | ōsculīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 197.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1274.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "ōsculum, ōsculī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/osculum-osculi.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 197.ōsculum, ōsculī on page 197
