The corpus record — Latin

osculor

to kiss

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Where it lives

Pro L. Murena 2 · 1.9/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Casina 1 · 1.29/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Heautontimorumenos 1 · 0.91/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2 · 0.25/10k
In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

oscŭlor — Lewis & Short

oscŭlor, ātus, 1 (old form auscŭ-lor,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 42; id. Merc. 3, 3, 14; old

I inf. oscularier; v. infra), v. dep. osculum, to kiss (class.).

I Lit.: compellando blanditer, ausculando. Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69: eam vidisse cum alieno oscularier, kissing each other, id. Mil. 2, 2, 88: osculari atque amplexari inter se, id. ib. 5, 1, 40: ille autem me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat, Cic. Rep. 6, 14, 14: eum complexus, osculatusque dimisit, id. Att. 16, 5, 2: simulacrum, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94: osculetur me osculo oris sui, Vulg. Cant. 1, 1. —

II Transf., to make much of, to value, prize: inimicum meum sic amplexabantur, sic osculabantur, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 10: scientiam juris tamquam filiolam, id. Mur. 10, 23.

In the wild

osculari Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.94
osculari Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 5.1e.1
osculari Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.44.p7
osculari Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 5.1
osculati Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 2.10.2.p2
osculari Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.4.9

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Where it came from

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