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ceveo

To move the haunches

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

cēveo — Lewis & Short

cēveo, ēre (

I perf. cevi, without voucher in Prob. p. 1482 P.), v. n. Sanscr. kju, to agitate one's self; cf. quatio.

I To move the haunches, Plaut. Fragin. ap. Non. p. 84, 18; Juv. 2, 21; 9, 40; Mart. 3, 95, 13; cf. criso.—*

II Trop. (the figure taken from the wagging of the tail of a dog), to fawn, flatter, Pers. 1, 87.

In the wild

ceves Persius, Saturae 1.87
ceves Martial, Epigrammata 3.95.13

Where it came from

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