rorare

rorare [CL] 1 to provide moisture (usu. as dew or rain); b (fig.). aridus ut nullis roraret nubibus aether Aldh. VirgV 260; te tua plantula rorante virescet J. Howd. Cant. 17. b quamvis verborum rorarent imbre parentes, / sicut nimbosis stillabant aethera guttis Aldh. VirgV 1988; mundi concepit gaudia / non conscia / virgo virilis coitus / set spiritus / rorante gracia P. Blois Carm. 20. 20. 34; corda te, Domine, rorante virescunt J. Howd. Cant. 24; virgo, superna, Deus, vir, pastor, stella, Sabeus / gignit, ovant, rorat, stupet, intrat, ducit, adorat Vers. Worc. 101. 2 (of liquid) to fall in drops, to drip; b (of balsam). ecce latex rorat tenebrosus nubibus aeris Aldh. CE 4. 9. 11; imbribus ‥ guttatim ~antibus W. Malm. GR V 192; pluvia ‥ tam subtilis ‥ fuit ut ‥ guttulas ~antes plus senserint quam viderint Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 557; interdum guttis densioribus ~antia nubium stillicidia Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 19. b arbores ‥ quarum cortice inciso destillans humor ille, lacrymis pulcher ~antibus ‥ Bede Sam. 674C. 3 to run or drip with moisture, be moist or wet; b (with blood); c (pr. ppl. as adj.). quandocumque ‥ ~arent lumina fletu Burginda 10. b nec rubro roraret sanguine martyr Aldh. VirgV 703. c ~ante, fuhtum GlP 847; accede, sponsa ‥ : stringe ~antes crines; multum inde dulcissimi liquoris elicies G. Hoyland Serm. 43. 227C. 4 (tr.) to sprinkle, to moisten with drops; b (fig.). postquam ‥ monachos exeuntes de oratorio in dormitorium ‥ aque benedicte ~averat aspersione J. Furness Walth. 65. b gratia ‥ veniens ad ~andum celitus ecclesiam sanctorum Ad. Scot Serm. 249D. 5 to pour forth (liquid). martyribus sacrum pro Christiane professionis titulo cruorem ritu rivi ~antibus [gl.: effundentibus, tingentibus, bedeppendum vel wætendum] Aldh. VirgP 19.

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