(verb) : lĭgūrĭo and lĭgurrĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum (
* Impers. ligurribant, Macr. S. 2, 12, 17), 4, and n. root lig-; cf. lingo, to lick. *
* Neutr., to be dainty, fond of good things (cf. lambo): quae (meretrices) cum amatore cum cenant, liguriunt,Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 14.
* Act., to lick.
* Lit.: apes non, ut muscae, (eum) liguriunt,Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 6: semesos pisces tepidumque jus,Hor. S. 1, 3, 81.
* Transf.: dum ruri rurant homines, quos (parasiti) liguriant,whom they lick, whom they daintily feed upon,Plaut. Capt. 1, 1, 15: furta,to lick up, feast on by stealth,Hor. S. 2, 4, 79.—Also in mal. part., as Gr. λείχειν and λειχάζειν, Suet. Tib. 45 fin.; Mart. 11, 58.
* Trop., to long for, desire eagerly, lust after any thing: improbissima lucra liguriens,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76, § 177: agrariam curationem,id. Fam. 11, 21, 5.

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