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destillo

destillo, to drip, trickle down

dē-stillo (or di-stillo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n., to drip or trickle down, to distil (not in Cic.).
  • I Prop.: lentum destillat ab inguine virus, * Verg. G. 3, 281; cf.: ex athere, Sen. Q. N. 2, 12: de capite in nares humor (from a cold), Cels. 4, 2, 4: nubes distillaverunt aquis, Vulg. Judic. 5, 4 al.—
  • II Transf.: tempora nardo, to drop, distil, Tib. 2, 2, 7; cf.: destillante arboribus odore mirae suavitatis, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198.

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