rĕ-sĭpĭo, ĕre, v. a. [sapio], to savor, taste, or smack of something; to have a savor or flavor of something (class.).
I Lit.: mustum resipit ferrum, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3; cf. picem (uva), Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18: quicquam (aqua), id. 31, 3, 22, § 37: quam minimum amaritudinis (taleolae), Col. 12, 48, 2.—
II Trop., to smack of , savor of : Epicurus homo non aptissimus ad jocandum, minimeque resipiens patriam, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46: istae (comoediae) resipiunt stilum Plautinum, Gell. 3, 3, 13. — *
2 Pregn., to taste well , have a good flavor : Iaboravi, ut insulsa resiperent, Aus. Idyll. Monos. 12 praef.