delibare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delibo, delibare, delibavi, delibatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
skim/flake/scrape off; channel off (water); pick out a choice specimen; perform;; diminish/detract (from); take away a little as to render imperfect; infringe;; take a little, wear away, nibble at; taste (of), touch on (subject) lightly;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...vitam ducendo demimus hilum tempore de mortis nec delibare valemus, quo minus esse diu possimus forte perempti. proinde..." - L
ad Polybium
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...nullo fratre degenerantem, turbare et sine ulla causa delibare [voluisti]! Nihil ergo prodest innocentia ad omnem legem exacta..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...communes opes congeruntur in medium, nec fas est delibare gustu prius quam plena horrea securos spondeant menses. quis..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...quoque honores, qui tibi a nobis offeruntur, aut delibare parcissime, aut omnino soleas recusare? Nihil ante tam vulgare..."