skim
skim
v. trans.
Pass lightly over: V. ποτᾶσθαι ὑ̆πέρ (gen.), νωτίζειν (acc.), ψαίρειν (acc.), ἐξακρίζειν (acc.); fly.
Met., run through hurriedly: P. ἐπιτρέχειν περί (gen.).
Taste of: P. and V. γεύεσθαι (gen.).
Skim the cream of, pick out the best, Met.: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀ̆πολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθῑνιάζεσθαι (acc.)
They skim off the part of the milk which rises to the top and consider it more valuable (than the rest): P. τὸ μὲν αὐτοῦ (τοῦ γάλακτος) ἐπιστάμενον ἀπαρύσαντες ἡγεῦνται εἶναι τιμιώτερον (Hdt. 4, 2).
Skim through: Ar. and V. διᾰπέτεσθαι (acc. or διά̆, gen.).
Skim through the air: Ar. διατρέχειν τὸν ἀέρα (Av. 1409).
v. trans.
Pass lightly over: V. ποτᾶσθαι ὑ̆πέρ (gen.), νωτίζειν (acc.), ψαίρειν (acc.), ἐξακρίζειν (acc.); fly.
Met., run through hurriedly: P. ἐπιτρέχειν περί (gen.).
Taste of: P. and V. γεύεσθαι (gen.).
Skim the cream of, pick out the best, Met.: V. λωτίζεσθαι (acc.), ἀ̆πολωτίζειν (acc.), ἀκροθῑνιάζεσθαι (acc.)
They skim off the part of the milk which rises to the top and consider it more valuable (than the rest): P. τὸ μὲν αὐτοῦ (τοῦ γάλακτος) ἐπιστάμενον ἀπαρύσαντες ἡγεῦνται εἶναι τιμιώτερον (Hdt. 4, 2).
Skim through: Ar. and V. διᾰπέτεσθαι (acc. or διά̆, gen.).
Skim through the air: Ar. διατρέχειν τὸν ἀέρα (Av. 1409).
skim
subs.
Use P. τὸ ἐφιστάμενον (Hdt.).
subs.
Use P. τὸ ἐφιστάμενον (Hdt.).
SKIM
PROP. despumare (Celsus). To skim a pot despumare carnes (Plin.): to skim milk *florem lactis tollere.
Figuratively leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere: celeriter or leviter perstringere atque attingere (of touching on a subject lightly). For “to read cursorily ” Vid: CURSORILY. To have skimmed anything leviter imbutum esse aliqua re; leviter attigisse aliquid.
PROP. despumare (Celsus). To skim a pot despumare carnes (Plin.): to skim milk *florem lactis tollere.
Figuratively leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere: celeriter or leviter perstringere atque attingere (of touching on a subject lightly). For “to read cursorily ” Vid: CURSORILY. To have skimmed anything leviter imbutum esse aliqua re; leviter attigisse aliquid.
skim (v.):
I. To remove the scum:
1. despūmo, 1: to s. the water of the caldron, d. undam aeni, Virg. G. 1, 296: to s. the pot, carnes d., Plin. 9, 38, 62.
2. dēhaurio, hausi, haustum, 4: to s. off the oil-lees, d. amurcam, Cat. R. R. 66, 2. Phr.: to s. anything, ligula purgare aliquid, Col. 9, 15, 13; florem (alicujus) haurire, Plin. 21, 14, 49.
II. To pass rapidly over:
1. percurro, curri or cucurri, cursum, 3 (to run over): to s. over the standing corn, stantes p. aristas, Ov. M. 10, 655: portions which I have merely s.'d over, partes quas modo percucurri, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52: s. it rapidly over with the eye, veloci percurre oculo, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55.
2. transcurro, curri or cucurri, cursum, 3: to run over a portion of the work, t. partem operis, Quint. 9, 3, 89: Sen.
3. perstringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (to graze): to pass slightly and merely s. over each point, leviter transire ac tantummodo p. unamquamque rem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: v.GRAZE , TOUCH UPON .
4. stringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (syn. of preced.): the bird s.'d over the surface of the waves, stringebat summas ales undas, Ov. M. 11, 733: hence, strictim, adv.: v.CURSORILY , SUMMARILY .
5. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to shave: only in poet.): he s.s along his airy path, radit iter liquidum, Virg. Aen. 5, 217: to s. over the sea without wetting the feet, sicco passu freta r., Ov. M. 10, 654. Phr.: to s. along the surface of the sand, summam pede libare arenam, Ov. M. 10, 653: to s. along the waves on light wheels, rotis levibus summas perlabi undas, Virg. Aen. 1, 147.
I. To remove the scum:
1. despūmo, 1: to s. the water of the caldron, d. undam aeni, Virg. G. 1, 296: to s. the pot, carnes d., Plin. 9, 38, 62.
2. dēhaurio, hausi, haustum, 4: to s. off the oil-lees, d. amurcam, Cat. R. R. 66, 2. Phr.: to s. anything, ligula purgare aliquid, Col. 9, 15, 13; florem (alicujus) haurire, Plin. 21, 14, 49.
II. To pass rapidly over:
1. percurro, curri or cucurri, cursum, 3 (to run over): to s. over the standing corn, stantes p. aristas, Ov. M. 10, 655: portions which I have merely s.'d over, partes quas modo percucurri, Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 52: s. it rapidly over with the eye, veloci percurre oculo, Hor. S. 2, 5, 55.
2. transcurro, curri or cucurri, cursum, 3: to run over a portion of the work, t. partem operis, Quint. 9, 3, 89: Sen.
3. perstringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (to graze): to pass slightly and merely s. over each point, leviter transire ac tantummodo p. unamquamque rem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91: v.
4. stringo, nxi, ictum, 3 (syn. of preced.): the bird s.'d over the surface of the waves, stringebat summas ales undas, Ov. M. 11, 733: hence, strictim, adv.: v.
5. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to shave: only in poet.): he s.s along his airy path, radit iter liquidum, Virg. Aen. 5, 217: to s. over the sea without wetting the feet, sicco passu freta r., Ov. M. 10, 654. Phr.: to s. along the surface of the sand, summam pede libare arenam, Ov. M. 10, 653: to s. along the waves on light wheels, rotis levibus summas perlabi undas, Virg. Aen. 1, 147.