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Significatio vocis basium | Babel Free

Nomen CEFR B1
[ˈbaː.si.ũː]

Definitiones

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

Aequivalentia

English kiss

Exempla

“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

Gradus CEFR

B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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Vide etiam

bassara Bassia bassensis Bassia dasyphyllum Bassus Basta bastaga

Hoc verbum in contextu disce

Vide basium in veris colloquiis adhibitum in cursu nostro linguae gratuito.

Cursum Gratuitum Incipe

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