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deosculor

to praise, laud highly

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Where it lives

Casina 4 · 5.15/10k
Metamorphoses 8 · 1.5/10k

What it meant

dĕ-oscŭlor — Lewis & Short

dĕ-oscŭlor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. a., to kiss warmly, affectionately (very rare).

I Prop.: vix reprimo labra, Ob istam rem quin te deosculer, etc., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 17 sq.: Casinam, id. ib. 31: tuos oculos, id. ib. 1, 1, 48: Scipionis dexteram, Val. Max. 2, 10, 2; Vulg. 1 Reg. 10, 1; id. Cant. 8, 1.— *

II Transf., to praise, laud highly: fidem atque ingenium pueri, Gell. 1, 23, 13.!*? Deosculatus in pass. sense: rursum me deosculato, Ap. M. 2, p. 119; 121.

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