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.
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, Verg. G. 4, 267.—3.A smell, scent, odor, Plin. 32, 10, 39, 117.—II.Trop.1. Of style: vernaculus, i.e.