osculatio

== Latin == === Etymology === ōsculor (“kiss”) +‎ -tiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːs.kʊˈɫaː.ti.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.kuˈlat.t͡si.o] === Noun === ōsculātiō f (genitive ōsculātiōnis); third declension a kissing; kiss (medicine) the inosculation of blood vessels ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “osculatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “osculatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "osculatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “osculatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.