bāsĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [basium], to kiss, to give a kiss (poet. and rare; most freq. in Cat.; not in Plaut. or Ter.): basia multa basiare, Cat. 7, 9; 8, 18; 48, 1 sq.; Mart. 1, 94, 2; 7, 95, 7; 11, 98, 8; Petr. 18, 4; 135, 2.