kiss (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. suāvium (most suitable word for ordinary use)2. bāsium (esp. an amorous or lewd k.)3. oscŭlum (meton. • kiss (subs.): 1. suāvium (most suitable word for ordinary use): give Attica a k. from me, Atticae meis verbis suavium des, Cic. Att. 16, 11, extr. Dimin. suaviolum, Cat. 2. bāsium (esp. an amorous or lewd k.): to shower on any one a host of k.s, alicui spississima b. impingere, Petr. 31, init.: Mart. Dimin., basiŏlum, Petr.: Apul. 3. oscŭlum (meton.: lit. a little mouth, lip: chiefly poet.): to give k.s, oscula dare, Petr. 115 (bono sensu): to imprint k.s, o. figere, Virg. Aen. 1, 687: to take or snatch k.s, o. carpere, Ov. H. 11, 117; sumere, ib. 13, 141: to fling a k., o. jacere, Tac. H. 1, 36: to snatch the first k., oscula praeripere, Lucr. 3, 909.