kiss (v.) Copy link Outline 1. suāvior, 1 (= suavium do2. bāsio, 13. oscŭlor, 1 (the term most suitable for the higher style of composition • kiss (v.): 1. suāvior, 1 (= suavium do: v. preced. art., 1): Cic.: Cat. So comp. dissuavior (intens.): I will k. your eyes out, dissuaviabor tuos oculos, Cic. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 27. 2. bāsio, 1: Cat.: Petr. (cf. preced. art., 2). 3. oscŭlor, 1 (the term most suitable for the higher style of composition: not poet.): to embrace and k. any one, aliquem amplecti (complecti) atque o., Cic. Rep. 6, 14: the proper word to denote the kiss of homage, cf. Cic. Verr. 4, 43, 94: Just. So comp. exosculor (to k. affectionately, earnestly): Suet.: Tac. Verbal adj. osculabundus, kissing repeatedly, Suet. Vit. 2, fin.