delibat
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. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...suppeditat porro natura neque ulla res animi pacem delibat tempore in ullo. at contra nusquam apparent Acherusia templa..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...tradidit aevo. [CXXXVI] Dum illa carnis etiam paululum delibat et dum coaequale natalium suorum sinciput in carnarium furca..."