verb transitive

prae-lībo

2nd PP prae-lībāre · conj. 1st

to taste beforehand; foretaste poetic

v. a., to taste beforehand, foretaste (poet.).

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Lit.: nectar, Stat. S. 3, 4, 60.—

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Trop.: vultus ac pectora Ulysses Praelibat visu, examines, inspects, Stat. Achill. 2, 88.

Perseus ID: n37696 Key: praelibo