verb transitive

rĕ-sĭpĭo

2nd PP rĕ-sĭpĕre · conj. 3rd-io

to savor; taste; smack of

to savor, taste, or smack of something; to have a savor or flavor of something (class.).

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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.—

to smack of; savor of figuratively •

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. — *

to taste well; have a good flavor

Pregn., to taste well, have a good flavor: Iaboravi, ut insulsa resiperent, Aus. Idyll. Monos. 12 praef.

Perseus ID: n41349 Key: resipio