basia

basia is a Latin form of basium, meaning “kiss; kiss of the hand”. It is the accusative plural neuter noun or 2nd person singular present active imperative.

It can also be a form of basio, “kiss, give a kiss”.

Found 32 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Catullus, Carmina lyrics.5.7: da mi basia mille, deinde centum,

Martial, Epigrammata 2.10.1: Basia dimidio quod das mihi, Postume, labro,

All forms of basium (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.