oscitatio
Κύριε, σῶσον τὸν δοῦλον σου κτλ. → Lord, save your slave ... (mosaic inscription from 4th cent. church in the Negev)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
oscĭtātĭo: ōnis, f. oscito,
I an opening of the mouth wide, a gaping.
I In gen.: conchas pandentes sese quādam oscitatione, a gaping, Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107.—
II In partic., a gaping, yawning, Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42; Gell. 4, 20, 9; Mart. 2, 6, 4.—
B Trop.: sed Bruti senis oscitationes, tediousnesses, tedious writings, Stat. S. 4, 9, 20: non ipse (judex) nostrā oscitatione solvatur, by our languid speaking, Quint. 11, 3, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ōscĭtātĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (oscito), action de bâiller, bâillement [en parl. de l’huître] : Plin. 9, 107 || bâillement [pers.] : Cels. Med. 1, 3 ; Sen. Ep. 74, 33 ; Clem. 2, 6, 4 || nonchalance, indifférence : Quint. 11, 3, 3 ; Stat. S. 4, 9, 20.
