verb
per-lĭto
Meaning
- to sacrifice very auspiciously
per-lĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.,
I. to sacrifice very auspiciously, or with very favorable omens: res divinae recte perlitatae, Val. Antias ap. Gell. 1, 7, 10:
saluti, Liv. 41, 15: bove perlitare jussus, id. 41, 14.—Impers. pass.: primis hostiis perlitatum est, Liv. 36, 1: diu non perlitatum tenuerat dictatorem, it being long before the sacrifices gave a favorable omen, id. 7, 8, 5.