verb transitive

prae-lambo

2nd PP prae-lambĕre · conj. 3rd

to lick; taste beforehand; first poetic

to lick or taste beforehand or first (poet.).

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Lit.: (mus) praelambens omne, quod affert, Hor. S. 2, 6, 109.—

to wash; touch lightly; to bathe gently by extension •

Transf., to wash or touch lightly, to bathe gently, of a river that flows by a place: arenas, Prud. Hamart. 357; Avien. Perieg. 494.

Perseus ID: n37677 Key: praelambo