verb
rĕ-sĭpĭo
Meaning
- to savor
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.