lambo — Lewis & Short
lambo, bi, bitum (
I perf. lambuerunt, Vulg. Jud. 7, 7 al.), 3, v. a. root lap-; Gr. la/ptw, lafu/ssw; Lat. labrum, labium; Germ. Löffel, spoon; Eng. lip, to lick, lap; to touch (class.; cf.: lingo, sugo, ligurio).
I Lit.:
hi canes, quos tribunal meum vides lambere,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 11, § 28:
lagonae collum,Phaedr. 1, 25, 10:
lambent cibos (pisces),Col. 8, 17, 11:
manum,Mart. 4, 30, 4:
sanguinem,Plin. Pan. 48, 3:
crustula,Juv. 9, 5: jucundasque puer qui lamberat ore placentas, Lucil. ap. Prisc. 10, 3, 14:
lambent sanguinem,to lick up, to lap, Vulg. 3 Reg. 21, 9; cf. id. Judic. 7, 5 al.:
te gurgite mersum unda feret, piscesque inpastivulnera lambent,Verg. A. 10, 560.—
II Transf., of a river, to flow by, to wash, bathe:
vel quae loca fabulosus Lambit Hydaspes,washes, Hor. C. 1, 22, 7.—Of fire, to lick, to reach, play upon:
flamma summum properabat lambere tectum,Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:
innoxia mollis Lambere flamma comas (Iuli),Verg. A. 2, 684:
Aetna attollit globos flammarum et sidera lambit,id. ib. 3, 574.—Of the ivy:
quorum imagines lambunt hederae sequaces,to encircle, Pers. prol. 5:
Tedia non lambit Cluviam,caress, fondle, Juv. 2, 49:
tribunal unius legati,to fawn upon, court, Amm. 15, 3, 3.—In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 120, 1 et saep.