drip (v.) Copy link Outline I. To drop slowly down upon something1. stillo, 12. destillo, 1II. To be running wet1. stillo, 12. rōro, 1 (strictly, to drop with dew)3. māno, 14. fluo, xi., xum, 3 • drip (v.): I. To drop slowly down upon something: 1. stillo, 1: gore d.s from the steel, cruor s. ferro, Prop.: Tib.: v. to drop. 2. destillo, 1: v. TO TRICKLE DOWN. (Instillo is always trans.) II. To be running wet: 1. stillo, 1: a dagger d.ing (with blood), stillans pugio, Cic.: the stars d. with blood, sidera sanguine s., Ov. 2. rōro, 1 (strictly, to drop with dew): his (Notus') wings and garments d., r. pennaeque sinusque, Ov.: the brambles d. with blood, sanguine vepres r., Virg.: v. to drizzle. 3. māno, 1: a knife d.ing with blood, culter manans cruore, Liv. 4. fluo, xi., xum, 3: d.ing in wet clothes, madida fluens in veste, Virg.: to d. (or stream) with perspiration, sudore fluere, Liv. (diffluere, Phaedr.).