basium.
kiss (especially of the hand)
Meaning & usage
kiss (especially of the hand)
kiss of the lips (especially in Catullus and Martial)
Where this word comes from
Probably borrowed from Celtic, from an expressive root such as Proto-Indo-European *bu-. Compare Middle Irish pusóc (“kiss”), English buss, French bisou, German Buss (“kiss”), Polish buzia, buziak (“kiss”), Lithuanian bučiúoti (“to kiss”), Albanian buzë (“lip”), Romanian buze (“lips”), and Persian بوس (bus, “kiss”).
genitive plural of basis
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