sapor

săpor, ōris, m. [sapio, I.].

I.

Lit., a taste, relish, flavor, savor (objectively of the taste inherent in a thing; whereas gustatus is used subjectively, of the taste experienced by him who eats or drinks;

class.),

Lucr. 2, 679; cf.: si quem forte inveneritis, qui aspernetur oculis pulchritudinem rerum, non odore ullo, non tactu, non sapore capiatur, excludat auribus omnem suavitatem, Cic. Cael. 17, 42:

ut mel, suo proprio genere saporis, dulce esse sentitur,

id. Fin. 3, 10, 34:

in os salsi venit umor saepe saporis,

Lucr. 4, 222; 2, 401:

asper in ore sapor (amelli),

Verg. G. 4, 277:

tardus,

id. ib. 2, 126:

asper maris,

Plin. 2, 100, 104, § 222:

vini,

id. 24, 9, 38, § 60:

asperrimus,

id. 14, 2, 4, § 22:

dulcis,

Hor. C. 3, 1, 19:

odoratus et jucundus,

Plin. 26, 8, 50, § 83:

austerus,

id. 25, 5, 20, § 45:

tristi poma sapore,

Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 12.—In plur., Lucr. 2, 430; 2, 504; Hor. S. 2, 4, 36; Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174; 8, 51, 77, § 209; 15, 27, 32, § 106 al.—

B.

Transf. ( poet. or in post-Aug. prose).

1.

Subjectively for gustatus, a sense of taste, a taste which a person has of any thing:

an poterunt oculos aures reprehendere? an aures Tactus? an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?... Seorsus sapor oris habet vim,

Lucr. 4, 487 sq.:

aliis aliud taetrius esset orisque sapori,

id. 2, 511.—

2.

Concr. (mostly in the plur.), that which tastes good, a dainty, delicacy, Tib. 1, 7, 35; Verg. G. 4, 62; Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63; 12, 1, 2, § 4.—In sing.:

et tunsum gallae admiscere saporem,

i.e. juice, Verg. G. 4, 267.—

3.

A smell, scent, odor, Plin. 32, 10, 39, § 117.—

II.

Trop.

1.

Of style:

vernaculus,

i.e. taste, elegance, Cic. Brut. 46, 172; Arn. 3, p. 108:

Atticus,

Quint. 12, 10, 75; cf. id. 6, 4, 107:

sermo non publici saporis,

of uncommon elegance, Petr. 3, 1.—

2.

Of conduct:

homo sine sapore,

without refinement, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14.