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lĭgūrĭo and lĭgurrĭo, īvi and ĭi, ītum (impers. ligurribant, Macr. S. 2, 12, 17), 4, v. a. and n. [root lig-; cf. lingo], to lick.

  1. * I. Neutr., to be dainty, fond of good things (cf. lambo): quae (meretrices) cum amatore cum cenant, liguriunt, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 14.
  2. II. Act., to lick.
    1. A. Lit.: apes non, ut muscae, (eum) liguriunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 6: semesos pisces tepidumque jus, Hor. S. 1, 3, 81.
      1. 2. 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.
    2. B. 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.

* lĭgūrītio (lĭgurr-), ōnis, f. [ligurio], a fondness for dainties, daintiness: liguritio, vinolentia, cupedia, Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26.

lĭgūrītor (lĭgurr-), ōris, m. [ligurio].

  1. * I. One fond of dainties, an epicure, gourmand: eumque quasi liguritorem catillonem appellat, Macr. S. 2, 12.
  2. II. In mal. part., Aus. Ep. 128 in lemm.
      1. 1. ‡ lĭgūrĭus, gulosus, catillo, λίχνος, Gloss.