oscito
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oscitant present active indicative 3rd plural of oscito
oscĭto, āre, v. n., and oscĭtor, āri, v. dep. (inf. oscitarier, Turp. ap. Non. 322, 18; or Com. Rel. v. 15 Rib.) [oscieo], to open the mouth wide, to gape.
- I Of plants, to open, unclose: oscitat in campis caput a cervice revulsum, of the plant lion's-mouth, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396; cf. Col. 10, 260; and: (arborum) folia cotidie ad solem oscitant, turn towards the sun, Plin. 16, 24, 36, § 88.—
- II Of living beings, to gape, yawn: ut pandiculans oscitatur, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 80 (832); * Lucr. 3, 1065: clare ac sonore oscitavit, Gell. 4, 20, 8.— With acc.: quid adhuc oscitamus crapulam hesternam, August. Ver. Rel. 3.—
- B Trop., to be listless, drowsy, inactive (cf.: dormio. sterto): cum majores (calamitates) impendere videantur, sedetis et oscitamini, i.e. are listless, idle, negligent, Auct. Her. 4, 36, 48; cf. the foll.
- —Hence, oscĭtans, antis, P. a., listless, sluggish, lazy, negligent (class.): interea oscitantes opprimi, Ter. And. 181: quae Epicurus oscitans allucinatus est, qs. half asleep, Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72.—Of abstract things: oscitans et dormitans sapientia, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144.—* Adv.: oscĭtanter, carelessly, negligently: quod ille tam solute egisset, tam leniter, tam oscitanter, Cic. Brut. 80, 277.
ōscito, āre u. ōscitor, ārī (v. ōs u. cieo = moveo), I) den Mund aufsperren, Plaut.: oscitat leo, die Pflanze Löwenmaul öffnet sich, Colum. poët. – folia arborum ad solem oscitant, wenden sich hin, Plin. – II) insbes., aus langer Weile, Krankheit, Müdigkeit usw. gähnen, admone eum, ne postea tam improbe oscitet, Sen.: oscitans iudex, Cic.: hesternā potatione oscitantes, Cic fr.: oscitat extemplo, Lucr.: ut pandiculans oscitatur, Plaut.: m. Acc., quid adhuc oscitamus crapulam hesternam? gähnen wir vom g. R., Augustin. de ver. rel. 3. – bildl., cum maiores (calamitates) impendēre videantur, sedetis et oscitamini, sitzt ihr u. gähnt = legt teilnahmlos die Hände in den Schoß, Cornif. rhet. 4, 48 Fr. – dah. oscitāns = schläfrig, lässig, teilnahmlos, interea obscitantes opprimi, Ter.: osc. Epicurus, Cic.: osc. sapientia, Cic. – ➳ Parag. Infin. oscitarier, Turpil. com. 15.
See: oscitare
ōscĭtō, (13) āvī, ātum, āre, intr., ¶ 1 ouvrir la bouche, bâiller : Lucr. 3, 1065 ; Cic. Br. 200 ; Gell. 4, 20 ¶ 2 être de loisir : Cic. Nat. 1, 72 ¶ 3 sʼouvrir, sʼépanouir [en parl. de feuilles, de fleurs] : Plin. 16, 88 ; Col. Rust. 10, 260.
➳ d. Cic. employé seult au part. prést , v. oscitans.
oscito , —, —, āre see oscitans.