season (v.) Copy link Outline I. To flavour1. condio, 4 (both lit. and fig.)2. expr. by (sale) spargo, perspergo, si, sum, 3II. To harden and fit for use • season (v.): I. To flavour: 1. condio, 4 (both lit. and fig.): to s. most exquisitely (in cooking), ita c. ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26: to s. ill, male c., Hor. S. 2, 8, 69: dignity s.'d with courtesy, gravitas comitate condita, Cic. Sen. 4, 10: Quint. 2. expr. by (sale) spargo, perspergo, si, sum, 3: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 13, init., litterae humanitatis sparsae sale: also, de Or. 1, 34, extr., facetiarum quidam lepos, quo tanquam sale perspergatur omnis oratio (s.'d or flavoured throughout with wit). II. To harden and fit for use: dūro, 1: v. to harden, inure.