basiare

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And besides she would have a dainty picture drawn, in perpetual remembrance, a virgin riding upon an ass's back with this motto, Asino vectore regia virgo fugiens captivitatem; why said she all this? why did she make such promises to a dumb beast? but that she perceived the poor ass to be taken with her beauty, for he did often obliquo collo pedes puellae decoros basiare, kiss her feet as she rode, et ad delicatulas voculas tentabat adhinnire, offer to give consent as much as in him was to her delicate speeches, and besides he had some feeling, as she conceived of her misery.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007
tam te basia multa basiare uesano satis et super Catullo est, quae nec pernumerare curiosi possint nec mala fascinare lingua.

languagehat.com: ROMAN LASER. 2005