Lewis & Short

lippĭo, īvi, ītum, 4, v. n. [lippus], to haw watery or inflamed eyes, to be blear-eyed.

  1. I. Lit.: cum leviter lippirem, has litteras dedi, * Cic. Att. 7, 14, 1: ne omnino lippiatur, Plin. 28, 8, 27, § 94: calor adjuvat lippientes, Cels. 1, 9; Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 128.
  2. * II. Transf.: lippiunt fauces fame, i. e. burn, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 37.