I.to pour in by drops, to drop in, to instil (class.).
I. Lit.: “haec quoque, nisi tamquam lumini, oleum instilles, extinguuntur senectute,” Cic. de Sen. 11: (oleum) caulibus. Hor. S. 2, 2, 62: “auribus sucum brassicae,” Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 83.—
B. To drop into or upon: guttae, quae saxa assidue instillant Caucasi, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10 fin.—
II. Trop., to instil, to inspire with: “uberrimae tuae litterae mihi quiddam quasi animulae instillarunt (al. restillarunt),” Cic. Att. 9, 7, 1: “praeceptum auriculis,” Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 16.