May 28, 2018 · In addition to osculum and words related to the ones you mentioned, there are unrelated ones: gustulum, philema. There are also a number of kissing verbs in Latin with a wide range of prefixes. I found no evidence in Lewis and Short to support the distinction you make between osculum and basium.

Feb 12, 2018 · My Latin teacher has said that osculum is the diminutive of os, describing the way one puckers one's mouth when kissing, and that the -culus ending is a diminutive.

Feb 27, 2023 · I was wondering if the following three word roots are related from the perspective of etymology: oculus: eye, or puncture or hole. e.g. inoculate nox, noctis: "night," e.g. nocturnal no...

You're basically there. Utrum ... an can indeed be taken as "whether ... or":. da mihi, domine, scire et intellegere "grant me, Lord, to know and understand"

Aug 7, 2019 · (#5) or "osculum figere"(#2) [they are idioms in the sense that unless one encounters them, the chances for him to use them "naturally" are quite low]. Many other expressions one expects to find are there, like: bene rem gerere , mos gerere , immo pectore , niti genu , videre ut and many more.

Mar 9, 2022 · This is one part of a prayer traditionally said before Mass, in honour of St. Joseph: O felicem virum, beatum Ioseph, cui datum est Deum, quem multi reges voluerunt videre et non viderunt, audire e...

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Jan 20, 2023 · Of these words, stella appears to be the most technical and prosaic one, standing for the lights in the night sky, but usually not referring to the heavens as a whole, and not to the effects that the stars are believed to have on human beings.

I have only ever been taught one Latin translation for "thank you", and it is gratias agere (conjugated in a suitable way). I just checked in L&S that this is indeed an attested use of gratia, ...