praelibo

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

prae-lībo, āre, v.a., to taste beforehand, foretaste (poet.).

I Lit.: nectar, Stat. S. 3, 4, 60.—

II Trop.: vultus ac pectora Ulysses Praelibat visu, examines , inspects , Stat. Ach. 2, 88.