lippio
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- 'to smear, stick'. See lippus (“bleary-eyed”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlip.pi.oː/, [ˈlʲɪpːioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlip.pi.o/, [ˈlipːio]
Verb[edit]
lippiō (present infinitive lippīre, perfect active lippīvī, supine lippītum); fourth conjugation, no passive
- to have bleary, rheumy, watery or inflamed eyes
- (figuratively) to water, tear up
- Plautus, Curculio, 2.3:
- Lippiunt fauces fame.
- My jaws are tearing up with hunger.
- Lippiunt fauces fame.
- Plautus, Curculio, 2.3:
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- “lippio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lippio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers