linguare

linguare, ~ari [ML < LL p. ppl. only] 1 to touch with the tongue, lick. si ‥ per negligentiam de calice Domini aliquid stillaverit in terram, ~abitur Rob. Flamb. 338. 2 to utter with the tongue, speak: a (trans.); b (intr., dep.). a lingua enim dicitur quia per articulatos sonos verba ~at Walt. Wimb. Elem. 321.  b lingua tumens felle semper linguatur inique D. Bec. 391. 3 (p. ppl.) equipped with a tongue, loquacious, talkative. ~atus, in lingua potens, loquax, ‥ verbosus, linguosus, linguax Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 325; CathA (v. linguax).