expuo

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ex-spŭo ( expuo), ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. n. and a., to spit out, to spit (not in Cic.).

Neutr.:

cum ille gustasset et exspuisset,

Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 9; Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146: in mare, id. 30, 2, 6, § 17.—

Lit.:

vina,

Juv. 13, 214:

sanguinem,

Plin. 35, 16, 53, § 191; Scrib. Comp. 194:

linguam in tyranni os,

Plin. 7, 23, 23, § 87.—

Transf., to cast out, eject, expel, emit:

quod mare (te) conceptum spumantibus exspuit undis?

Cat. 64, 155:

argentum vivum optime purgat aurum, ceteras ejus sordes exspuens crebro jactatu,

Plin. 33, 6, 32, § 99:

rorem,

id. 9, 36, 60, § 126:

carbonem,

id. 16, 10, 19, § 45:

in litus purgamenta,

id. 2, 98, 101, § 220:

lacrumam,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 74.—

Trop., to expel, banish, remove:

miseriam ex animo,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 16:

rationem ex animo,

Lucr. 2, 1041.