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oscŭlābundus, a, um, adj. [osculor], kissing (post-Aug.), Suet. Vit. 2.
With acc.: manum sacerdotis, App. M. 11, 6, p. 259; id. Mag. 94, p. 333.

‡ Oscŭlāna pugna in proverbio, quo significabatur, victos vincere, quia in eādem et Valerius Laevinus imperator Romanus a Pyrrho erat victus, et brevi eundem regem devicerat Sulpicius … , Fest. p. 197 Müll. (leg. Asculana; cf. Turneb. Advers. 3, 11).

oscŭlātĭo, ōnis, f. [osculor],

  1. I. a kissing (rare but class.), Cic. Cael. 20, 49; Cat. 48, 5.
  2. II. In med. lang.: venarum, the inosculation of blood-vessels, Gr. ὰναστόμωσις, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 10, 121 and 123.