I.a [stilla].
I. Neutr., to drop, drip, trickle, distil (mostly poet.; syn. roro).
A. Lit.: “vas, unde stillet lente aqua,” Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2: “gutta (dulcedinis) in cor,” Lucr. 4, 1060: “umorem, quasi igni cera super calido tabescens multa liquescat,” id. 6, 515: “cruor ferro,” Prop. 2, 8, 26 (2, 8 b, 26 (10)): “unguenta capillo,” Tib. 1, 7, 51: “de viridi ilice mella,” Ov. M. 1, 112: “ros,” id. ib. 11, 57: “hammoniaci lacrima stillat m harenis,” Plin. 12, 23, 49, § 107.—
B. Transf., of things which drop or drop with a liquid: “saxa guttis manantibu' stillent,” Lucr. 6, 943' paenula multo nimbo, Juv. 5, 79: “coma Syrio rore,” Tib. 3, 4, 28: “sanguine sidera,” Ov. Am. 1, 8, 11; cf.“' arbor sanguineis roribus,” Luc. 7, 837; Sen. Thyest 1061—Without abl.: umida saxa, super viridi stillantia musco, Lucr. 5, 951: ille, qui stillantem prae se pugionem tulit, * Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30: “uva,” Mart. 10, 56, 5; Vulg. Job, 16, 21.—
C. Trop.: “stillantes voces,” words that ooze out drop by drop, Calp. Ecl. 6, 23; cf.: “orationem stillare,” Sen. Ep. 40, 3: “plumis stillare diem,” to be full, to abound in, Stat. Th. 3, 537.—
II. Act., to cause to drop, let fall in drops, to drop, distil: stillabit amicis Ex oculis rorem, * Hor. A. P. 429: “coctam caepam cum adipe anserino,” Plin. 20, 5, 20, § 40: “stillata De ramis electra,” dropped, distilled, Ov. M. 2, 364: “stillata cortice myrrha,” id. ib. 10, 501; “acre malum stillans ocellus,” Juv. 6, 109.—
