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|lshtext=<b>oscŭlum</b>: (auscŭlum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 84; osclum, id. Truc. 1, 2, 8), i, n.<br /> [[dim]]. 1. os,<br /><b>I</b> a [[little]] [[mouth]], [[pretty]] [[mouth]], [[sweet]] [[mouth]] (cf.: [[labium]], [[labellum]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[only]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): videt oscula, quae, etc., Ov. M. 1, 499; 10, 344: delibare, to [[touch]], i. e. to [[kiss]], Verg. A. 12, 434; id. G. 2, 523; Mart. 11, 92, 7; Suet. Aug. 94; Petr. 126; App. M. 3, p. 137, 41.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[kiss]] (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[basium]], [[suavium]]): [[utinam]] [[continuo]] ad [[osculum]] Atticae possim currere, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: oggerere, to [[give]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 8: alicui ferre, id. Ep. 4, 2, 4; Cic. Fragm. ap. Non.: capere, to [[take]], Ov. 11, 13, 120: figere, to [[imprint]], Verg. A. 1, 687: carpere, Ov. H. 11, 117: sumere, id. ib. 13, 141: eripere, Tib. 2, 5, 91: jacere, Tac. H. 1, 36: accipere et [[dare]], Ov. H. 15, 132: detorquere ad oscula Cervicem, Hor. C. 2, 12, 25: rapere, to [[snatch]], [[steal]], Val. Fl. 1, 264: breve, a [[brief]], [[hasty]] [[kiss]], Tac. Agr. 4: osculi jus, the [[right]] of kissing [[between]] relatives of [[both]] sexes, Suet. Claud. 26: in [[osculo]] sancto, Vulg. Rom, 16, 16.