smack (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A sharp noise (made with a whip), flagelli sonus, Sen. Ep. 122, ad fin.II. A blow with the handIII. A loud kissIV. Flavour., taste, savour1. Lit.2. Fig.V. A small sailing-vessel1. lēnuncŭlus2. hŏria (also oria)3. piscātōria nāvis (like preced.) • smack (subs.): I. A sharp noise (made with a whip), flagelli sonus, Sen. Ep. 122, ad fin.: v. to smack (A., I.). II. A blow with the hand: ălăpa, Phaedr.: Juv.: v. box, slap. III. A loud kiss: perh. *sonans basium or basium simply: v. to smack (A., III.). IV. Flavour., taste, savour: 1. Lit.: săpor, gustātus, gustus: v. flavour, taste, to smack (B.). 2. Fig.: Phr.: a s. of the boor, subagreste quiddam, Cic. Brut. 74, 259. V. A small sailing-vessel: 1. lēnuncŭlus: Caes. B. C. 2, 43. 2. hŏria (also oria): a fishing-smack Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 5: Gell. 10, 25, ad fin. 3. piscātōria nāvis (like preced.): Caes. B. C. 2, 4.