delibata
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quaeri potest. Rependitur quippe et compensatur leve damnum delibatae honestatis maiore alia gravioreque in adiuvando amico honestate, minimaque..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...longeque remittis dis indigna putare alienaque pacis eorum, delibata deum per te tibi numina sancta saepe oberunt..."
