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1 spūmeus
spūmeus adj. [spuma], foaming, frothy: Nereus, V.: unda, V.: torrens, O.* * *spumea, spumeum ADJfoamy, frothy; covered with foam -
2 spūmēscō
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3 spūmōsus
spūmōsus adj. [spuma], full of foam, covered with foam: unda, V.: undae, O.* * *spumosa, spumosum ADJfoaming, frothy -
4 cani
I.Lit.:B.fluctus,
Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;hence aqua,
foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:nix,
white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:gelu,
Verg. G. 3, 442:montes,
id. ib. 1, 43:pruina,
hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:grandine canus Athos,
Ov. Ib. 200:salicta,
id. M. 5, 590:segetes,
id. ib. 10, 655:aristae,
id. ib. 6, 456:lupus,
id. ib. 6, 527;7, 550: favilla,
id. ib. 8, 524:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 14, 4:arborum villi,
Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:situs,
id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:II.cano capite atque albā barbā,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:capilli,
Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:crinis,
Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:barba,
Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:falsi,
Ov. M. 6, 26:honorati,
id. ib. 8, 9:positi,
id. ib. 14, 655:rari,
id. ib. 8, 567:sui,
id. ib. 10, 391:miseri,
Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence, -
5 canus
I.Lit.:B.fluctus,
Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71;hence aqua,
foamy, frothy, Ov. H. 2, 16:nix,
white, Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41:gelu,
Verg. G. 3, 442:montes,
id. ib. 1, 43:pruina,
hoar-frost, Hor. C. 1, 4, 4:grandine canus Athos,
Ov. Ib. 200:salicta,
id. M. 5, 590:segetes,
id. ib. 10, 655:aristae,
id. ib. 6, 456:lupus,
id. ib. 6, 527;7, 550: favilla,
id. ib. 8, 524:color equi,
Pall. Mart. 14, 4:arborum villi,
Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108:situs,
id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—Esp. freq. of the gray hair of the aged:II.cano capite atque albā barbā,
Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57:capilli,
Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10:crinis,
Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427:barba,
Mart. 4, 36 al. —Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), gray hairs:non cani, non rugae repente auctoritatem arripere possunt,
Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and post-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) with adjj.:falsi,
Ov. M. 6, 26:honorati,
id. ib. 8, 9:positi,
id. ib. 14, 655:rari,
id. ib. 8, 567:sui,
id. ib. 10, 391:miseri,
Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence, -
6 despumo
dē-spūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (perh. not ante-Aug.).I.Act.A.To skim off, to skim.1.Prop.:2.undam aeni foliis,
Verg. G. 1, 296:carnem,
Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:mel Atticum,
Col. 12, 38, 5:aquam salsam,
Pall. Febr. 25, 10.—Transf., to work off, digest wine:B.Falernum,
Pers. 3, 3; to rub off, polish a pavement:pavimenti fastigium cote,
Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; cf. Vitr. 7, 4; to let blood, to bleed a horse, Veg. A. V. 3, 34, 2 al.—To deposit a frothy matter, Luc. 6, 506;II.Claud. in Prob. et Olyb. 54: Phoebe suppositas in herbas,
Luc. 6, 506; cf.:despumantes suas confusiones,
i. e. expressing by foaming, Vulg. Judae, 13.—Neutr., to cease foaming, to slacken, abate:ut nimius ille fervor despumet,
Sen. Ira, 2, 20:cum aliquid lacrymarum affectus despumaverit,
id. Ep. 99, 27:aetas,
id. ib. 68 fin. -
7 spumesco
spūmesco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [spuma], to grow foamy or frothy, to begin to foam or froth:aequora remo,
Ov. H. 2, 87. -
8 spumeus
spūmĕus, a, um, adj. [id.], foaming, frothy ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):Nereus,
Verg. A. 2, 419:amnis,
id. ib. 2, 496:unda,
id. ib. 10, 212:torrens,
Ov. M. 3, 571:aper,
Mart. 14, 221, 2:cumulus undarum,
Luc. 9, 798:Rhodanus,
Amm. 15, 11, 18:rabies per ora effluit,
Luc. 5, 190; cf.: salivae hominis, Prud. steph. 1, 101:sucus malorum,
Plin. 15, 28, 33, § 109:semen heraclii,
id. 20, 19, 79, § 207: color equorum, foamlike, i. e. dappled, Pall. Mart. 13, 4. -
9 spumidus
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10 spumosus
spūmōsus, a, um, adj. [spuma].I.Lit., full of foam, foaming ( poet. and in postAug. prose):* II.unda,
Verg. A. 6, 174:litora,
Cat. 64, 121:undae,
Ov. M. 1, 570:aequor,
Luc. 2, 627:morsus equi,
Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 548:spumosus nec sanguineus (pulmo),
Plin. 11, 37, 72, § 188.— Comp.:Addua,
Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 458.—
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