praelibo
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom prae- + lībō (“to taste”).
Verb
editpraelībō (present infinitive praelībāre, perfect active praelībāvī, supine praelībātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to foretaste (taste beforehand); to taste, savour
- (transitive, figurative) to examine, go through
- (transitive, figurative) to skim over; to say succinctly
Conjugation
editDescendants
edit- → Italian: prelibare
References
edit- “praelibo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- praelibo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.