The corpus record — Latin

resipio

resipio · v. a

to savor

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Where it lives

Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Naturalis Historia 8 · 0.2/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

rĕ-sĭpĭo — Lewis & Short

rĕ-sĭpĭo, ĕre, v. a.sapio,

I to savor, taste, or smack of something; to have a savor or flavor of something (class.).

I Lit.: mustum resipit ferrum, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3; cf. picem (uva), Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18: quicquam (aqua), id. 31, 3, 22, § 37: quam minimum amaritudinis (taleolae), Col. 12, 48, 2.—

II Trop., to smack of, savor of: Epicurus homo non aptissimus ad jocandum, minimeque resipiens patriam, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46: istae (comoediae) resipiunt stilum Plautinum, Gell. 3, 3, 13. — *

2 Pregn., to taste well, have a good flavor: Iaboravi, ut insulsa resiperent, Aus. Idyll. Monos. 12 praef.

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