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  • 1 despumo

    dē-spūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Act.
    A.
    To skim off, to skim.
    1.
    Prop.:

    undam aeni foliis,

    Verg. G. 1, 296:

    carnem,

    Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:

    mel Atticum,

    Col. 12, 38, 5:

    aquam salsam,

    Pall. Febr. 25, 10.—
    2.
    Transf., to work off, digest wine:

    Falernum,

    Pers. 3, 3; to rub off, polish a pavement:

    pavimenti fastigium cote,

    Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; cf. Vitr. 7, 4; to let blood, to bleed a horse, Veg. A. V. 3, 34, 2 al.—
    B.
    To deposit a frothy matter, Luc. 6, 506;

    Claud. in Prob. et Olyb. 54: Phoebe suppositas in herbas,

    Luc. 6, 506; cf.:

    despumantes suas confusiones,

    i. e. expressing by foaming, Vulg. Judae, 13.—
    II.
    Neutr., to cease foaming, to slacken, abate:

    ut nimius ille fervor despumet,

    Sen. Ira, 2, 20:

    cum aliquid lacrymarum affectus despumaverit,

    id. Ep. 99, 27:

    aetas,

    id. ib. 68 fin.

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  • 2 dē-spūmō

        dē-spūmō —, —, āre,    to skim off, skim: foliis undam aëni, V.

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  • 3 dehaurio

    dehaurire, dehausi, dehaustus V TRANS
    drain off; skim off (L+S); (late) swallow, swallow down

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  • 4 dehorio

    dehorire, -, - V TRANS
    drain off; skim off (L+S); (late) swallow, swallow down

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  • 5 deorio

    deorire, -, - V TRANS
    drain off; skim off (L+S); (late) swallow, swallow down

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  • 6 dehaurio

    dĕ-haurĭo (also written dehōrio, like clodo, codex, clostrum, plostrum, etc.), hausi, haustum, 4, v. a.—
    * I.
    To skim off:

    amurcam,

    Cato R. R. 66 fin. —
    II.
    To swal [p. 534] low down, to swallow (late Lat.):

    margarita pretiosa,

    Tert. Pall. 5 fin.: carnem, id. Resurr. carn. 11 fin.

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  • 7 dehorio

    dĕ-haurĭo (also written dehōrio, like clodo, codex, clostrum, plostrum, etc.), hausi, haustum, 4, v. a.—
    * I.
    To skim off:

    amurcam,

    Cato R. R. 66 fin. —
    II.
    To swal [p. 534] low down, to swallow (late Lat.):

    margarita pretiosa,

    Tert. Pall. 5 fin.: carnem, id. Resurr. carn. 11 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > dehorio

  • 8 delibo

    delibare, delibavi, delibatus V
    skim/flake/scrape off; channel off (water); pick out a choice specimen; perform; diminish/detract (from); take away a little as to render imperfect; infringe; take a little, wear away, nibble at; taste (of), touch on (subject) lightly

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  • 9 destringo

    dē-stringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.
    I. A.
    Lit. (class.), of the leaves of plants:

    avenam,

    Cato R. R. 37, 5:

    oleam,

    Col. 11, 2, 83:

    bacam myrti,

    id. 12, 38, 7:

    frondem,

    Quint. 12, 6, 2:

    ramos,

    Luc. 4, 317 al. —Of rubbing the body in the bath, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 14; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; 62; Mart. 14, 51; hence also of scouring out the intestines:

    interanea,

    Plin. 32, 9, 31, § 96. Esp. freq. of the sword; to unsheathe, draw:

    gladium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 2; id. B. C. 1, 46; Liv. 27, 13 al.:

    ensem,

    Hor. Od. 3, 1, 17; Ov. F. 2, 99; 207 et saep.;

    hence also securim,

    Liv. 8, 7.—
    B.
    Trop. (very rare):

    non laturi homines destringi aliquid et abradi bonis,

    should be taken from, Plin. Pan. 37, 2.—
    II.
    To touch gently, to graze, skim, skirt (perh. only in the poets).
    A.
    Lit.:

    aequora alis,

    Ov. M. 4, 562:

    pectus arundine,

    id. ib. 10, 526:

    pectora summa sagittā,

    id. H. 16, 275;

    for which, corpus harundo,

    id. M. 8, 382; cf.:

    Cygnum cuspis,

    id. ib. 12, 101;

    and even vulnus,

    to cause a slight wound, Grat. Cyn. 364.—
    B.
    Trop., to criticise, censure, satirize:

    quemquam mordaci carmine,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 563:

    alios gravi contumelia,

    Phaedr. 1, 29, 2.—Hence, dē-strictus, a, um, P. a., severe, rigid, censorious:

    quam destrictam egerunt censuram,

    Val. Max. 2, 9, 6.— Comp.:

    ut quis destrictior accusator, velut sacrosanctus erat,

    Tac. A. 4, 36 fin.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > destringo

  • 10 dē-stringo

        dē-stringo inxī, ictus, ere,     to strip off: tunica ab umeris destricta est, Ph.—To unsheathe, draw: gladios in rem p.: gladiis destrictis impetum facere, Cs.: ensem, H.: in se destrictis securis, brandished, L.—To touch gently, graze, skim, skirt (poet.): Aequora alis, O.: corpus, O.—Fig., to criticise, censure, satirize: mordaci carmine quemquam, O.: alios contumeliā, Ph.

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