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linctus

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

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.

Latin > Chinese

linctus, us. m. (lingo.) :: 餂一口