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
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...tradidit aevo. [CXXXVI] Dum illa carnis etiam paululum delibat et dum coaequale natalium suorum sinciput in carnarium furca..."