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LNS

exosculor, exosculārī, exosculātus sum

ex, osculor

deponent verb (1^st conjugation)

to kiss eagerly, kiss fondly
to praise greatly, to approve, admire

Abbreviations

ex-osculor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a., to kiss eagerly, kiss fondly (post-Aug.). Lit.: multum ac diu exosculatus adolescentem, Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 4: aliquem, Suet. Vit. 7 fin.: collum uxoris, id. Calig. 33: manus cum fletu, id. Oth. 12; Tac. H. 2, 49; 1, 45; id. A. 1, 34.

— Trop., to praise greatly, to approve, admire a thing: scientiam rerum, Gell. 2, 26, 20; cf. Sen. Contr. 1, 2, 17 B.!*? exosculātus, a, um, in pass. signif., kissed: vestigia deae, App. M. 11, p. 265, 24: manus ejus, id. ib. 4, p. 154, 8: homo, Amm. 22, 7.