lippio

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- 'to smear, stick'. See lippus (bleary-eyed).

Pronunciation

Verb

lippiō (present infinitive lippīre, perfect active lippīvī, supine lippītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

  1. to have bleary, rheumy, watery or inflamed eyes
  2. (figuratively) to water, tear up
    • Plautus, Curculio, 2.3:
      Lippiunt fauces fame.
      My jaws are tearing up with hunger.

Conjugation

References

  • 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