(verb) : lingo, nxi (Prisc. 881), nctum, 3, Sanscr. lih, rih, to lick; Gr. λιχ-, λείχω, λιχανός; cf. ligurio
* To lick, lick up: mel mihi videor lingere,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 21: crepidas carbatinas,Cat. 98, 5: sulphur linctum,Plin. 35, 15, 50, § 177 (al. linctu): sal pecoribus datur lingendus,id. 31, 9, 45, § 105: canes linguebant ulcera ejus,Vulg. Luc. 16, 21: sanguinem Naboth,id. 3 Reg. 21, 19.—In mal. part., like the Gr. λειχάζειν, Mart. 12, 55, 13; 7, 67, 17.

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