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Lambo
lambo
lambo
See also: Lambo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leh₂b-, used to indicate licking or lip-smacking; see also Old English lapian (“to lick, lap up, suck”), Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, “to lick, sip”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlam.boː/, [ˈɫam.boː]
Verb
lambō (present infinitive lambere, perfect active lambī, supine lambitus); third conjugation
Inflection
- Note: Perfect and pluperfect tenses sometimes take the form "lambuī", "lambueram" etc.
Synonyms
- (lick, lap): lingō
Derived terms
Descendants
- Asturian: llamber
- Galician: lamber
- Italian: lambire, lambere
- Portuguese: lamber
- Spanish: lamber, lamer
References
- lambo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lambo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lambo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.