depso

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

depso, sui, stum, 3, v. a., = δεψέω, to knead.

I Prop.: id ubi excoxeris, depsito bene, Cato R. R. 90; cf. id. ib. 76: lutum, id. ib. 40, 4: coria, to dress, to curry , id. ib. 135: tibi fortasse alius molit et depsit, Varr. ap. Non. 99, 14.—

II Transf., in an obscene sense, to dishonor , acc. to Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 4.

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