gummy moisture that exudes from trees

pītŭīta (sometimes in the poets scan. as a trisyl., Hor. S. 2, 2, 76; id. Ep. 1, 1, 108; Pers. 2, 57; cf. Santen on Ter. Maur. p. 430), ae, f. [root pitu- for sputu-, from spu- of spuo, sputum; cf. Gr. ptuô, to spit], slime, clammy moisture.

In the body, as diseased matter, phlegm, rheum, pituite; in fowls, the pip:

cum sanguis corruptus est aut pituita redundat,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 10, 23:

capitis,

Plin. 25, 11, 90, § 141:

oris,

id. 23, 1, 13, § 17:

tantum bilis pituitaeque,

Cato, R. R. 156, 4:

adversus acutas pituitae fluxiones, quas Graeci rheumatismos vocant,

Plin. 22, 25, 68, § 138:

mala pituita nasi,

Cat. 23, 17:

stomacho tumultum Lenta feret pituita,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 76:

praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 108; Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4.—Of the pip, Col. 8, 5, 22; Plin. 10, 57, 78, § 157; Pall. 1, 27.—

A viscous, gummy moisture that exudes from trees, Plin. 17, 27, 43, § 252:

fungorum origo non nisi ex pituitā arborum,

id. 22, 23, 47, § 96.