Lewis & Short

rĕ-sĭpĭo, ĕre, v. a. [sapio], to savor, taste, or smack of something; to have a savor or flavor of something (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: mustum resipit ferrum, Varr. R. R. 1, 54, 3; cf. picem (uva), Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 18: quicquam (aqua), id. 31, 3, 22, § 37: quam minimum amaritudinis (taleolae), Col. 12, 48, 2.
  2. II. Trop., to smack of, savor of: Epicurus homo non aptissimus ad jocandum, minimeque resipiens patriam, Cic. N. D. 2, 17, 46: istae (comoediae) resipiunt stilum Plautinum, Gell. 3, 3, 13.
      1. * 2. Pregn., to taste well, have a good flavor: Iaboravi, ut insulsa resiperent, Aus. Idyll. Monos. 12 praef.