linctus
From LSJ
πόθῳ δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἠγκιστρωμένη ψυχὴν περισπαίροντι φυσήσει νεκρῷ → pierced by sorrow for the dead shall breathe forth her soul on the quivering body
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
linctus: a, um, Part., from lingo.
linctus: ūs, m. lingo,
I a licking: nectaris, Lucr. 6, 971 (v. Lachm. ad h. l.), Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 104; 35, 15, 50, § 177.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) līnctus, a, um, p. p. de lingo.
(2) līnctŭs, ūs, m., action de sucer : Plin. 31, 104.
Latin > German (Georges)
līnctus, Abl. ū, m. (lingo), das Lecken, Plin. 31, 104 u.a.: meton., ambrosiae et nectaris linctus, Lucr. 6, 971 ed. Bern.
