basium

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bu, cognate with English buss; cf. also Persian (bus, “kiss”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.si.um/, [ˈbaː.si.ũ]
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Noun

bāsium n (genitive bāsiī); second declension

kiss, especially of the hand
- Phaedre 5, 8, 28
  Jactat basia tibicen.
  Throws kisses of the hand.
- Catullus Carm. 5
  Da mi basia mille, deinde centum.
  Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	bāsium	bāsia
genitive	bāsiī	bāsiōrum
dative	bāsiō	bāsiīs
accusative	bāsium	bāsia
ablative	bāsiō	bāsiīs
vocative	bāsium	bāsia

Synonyms

(kiss): ōsculum, suāvium

Derived terms

bāsiō

Descendants

Aromanian: bãshiu
Asturian: besu
Catalan: bes
Dalmatian: biss
French: baiser
Friulian: buss, buš
Galician: beixo
Italian: bacio
Ladino: bezo

Occitan: bais
Old Portuguese: beijo
Portuguese: beijo
Romansch: bitsch, betsch, bütsch
Sardinian: basu, baxu, vasu
Sicilian: vasu
Spanish: beso
Venetian: baxo

References

basium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
basium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
basium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Pokorny *bu

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