basium

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bu, cognate with English buss; cf. also Persian بوس‎ (bus, “kiss”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbaː.si.um/, [ˈbaː.si.ũ]
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Noun

bāsium n (genitive bāsiī); second declension

  1. kiss, especially of the hand
    • 15 BCE – 45 CE, Phaedrus, Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri Quinque 5.7.28:
      Iactat basia tibicen.
      Throws kisses of the hand.
    • 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus 5.7:
      da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
      Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bāsium bāsia
Genitive bāsiī bāsiōrum
Dative bāsiō bāsiīs
Accusative bāsium bāsia
Ablative bāsiō bāsiīs
Vocative bāsium bāsia

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Descendants

References
  • basium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • basium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • basium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Pokorny *bu
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