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
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...quaeri potest. Rependitur quippe et compensatur leve damnum delibatae honestatis maiore alia gravioreque in adiuvando amico honestate, minimaque..." - T
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..."
