verb transitive intransitive

dē-stillo

2nd PP dē-stillāre · 3rd PP dē-stillāvi · 4th PP dē-stillātum · conj. 1st

to drip; trickle down, to distil

to drip or trickle down, to distil (not in Cic.).

Prop.: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, * Verg. G. 3, 281; cf.: ex athere,… •

Prop.: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, * Verg. G. 3, 281; cf.: ex athere, Sen. Q. N. 2, 12: de capite in nares humor (from a cold), Cels. 4, 2, 4: nubes distillaverunt aquis, Vulg. Judic. 5, 4 al.—

by extension •

Transf.: tempora nardo, to drop, distil, Tib. 2, 2, 7; cf.: destillante arboribus odore mirae suavitatis, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198.

Perseus ID: n13445 Key: destillo