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Meaning of basium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈbaː.si.ũː]

Definitions

  1. kiss, especially of the hand
    declension-2
  2. kiss of the lips (esp. used this way in Catullus and Martial)
    declension-2, poetic

Equivalents

English kiss

Examples

“Iactat basia tibicen.”

The flautist blows kisses.

“dā mī bāsia mīlle, deinde centum”

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred

“tam tē bāsia multa bāsiāre”

For you to kiss so many kisses

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

bassara Bassia bassensis Bassia dasyphyllum Bassus Basta bastaga

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