rē-spŭo

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spŭo, ui, ūtum, 3, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. shtiv.; Gr. ptuô; Germ. speien; Engl. spit], to spit, to spit out, spew (very rare; not in Cic.).

Neutr.:

Antoniam Drusi non spuisse percelebre est,

Sol. 1, § 74:

ex toto spuere desisse,

Cels. 2, 8, § 77:

in faciem alicujus,

Vulg. Num. 12, 14.—Esp., as a charm against fascination, etc. (cf. conspuo, I. fin.):

veniam a deis petimus spuendo in sinum,

Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35; cf.:

qui sputatur morbus,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 18 sqq. Brix ad loc.; Schol. Juv. 7, 112 Mayor ad loc.—

Act.:

sicco terram (i. e. pulverem) spuit ore viator Aridus,

Verg. G. 4, 97.—Hence, spūtum, i, n. (acc. to II.).

Lit., spit, spittle; sing., Cels. 2, 8 med.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 38; plur., Lucr. 6, 1188; Prop. 4 (5), 5, 66; Mart. 2, 26, 2; Petr. 131, 4; Sen. Const. 1, 3.—

Transf., of a light, thin plate, Mart. 8, 33, 11.

con-spŭo, no perf., ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to spit upon (rare;

most freq. in Petr.): me immundissimo basio,

Petr. 23, 4.—Esp., to spit upon in contempt, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 17; Petr. 132, 3; Hier. Ep. 50, n. 4; cf.

Barth. Advers. 23, 24.—Of an epileptic: faciem tuam,

App. Mag. 44, p. 303, 1: conspuere sinus, as a charm to prevent the gods from being provoked by proud words, Juv. 7, 111 Mayor ad loc.; cf. spuo, I.—

Poet., in a harsh and undignified figure, = conspergere, to besprinkle, to cover over: Juppiter hibernas canā nive conspuit Alpes, Furius Bibaculus ap. Quint. 8, 6, 17;

for which Horace, parodying it, writes: Furius hibernas cana nive conspuet Alpes,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; cf. the scholiast in h. 1.—

Neutr., to spit out much, to spit:

faciem meam non averti a conspuentibus in me,

Vulg. Isa. 50, 6.

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dē-spŭo, ĕre, v. n. and a., to spit out, to spit.

Prop., Liv. 5, 40; Naev. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 6; esp. as a religious observance for averting a disease, etc.; so, act. morbos, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 35: tenerum ignem, Claud. rapt. Pros. 2, 52; neutr., Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27; Tib. 1, 2, 54; Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69.— Hence,

Trop., to reject, abhor (syn.:

deprecari, aspernari, spernere, etc.),

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 26:

preces alicujus, Catull. 50, 19: voluptates (with spernere opes),

Sen. Ep. 104 fin. —With in:

acre in mores,

Pers. 4, 35, dub. (others: despuat, hi mores, etc.).

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.

in-spŭo, spŭi, 3, v. n. and a., to spit into or upon (post-Aug.).

Neutr.:

alicui in frontem mediam,

Sen. Ira, 3, 38:

in faciem alicujus,

id. Cons. ad Helv. 13.—

Act.:

aliquid oculis jumentorum,

Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 105; cf. id. 22, 21, 25, § 52.

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.

rē-spŭo, ŭi, 3, v. a., to spit back or out; to discharge by spitting; to cast out, cast off, eject, expel, etc. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

quin etiam gustatus, quam cito id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur ac respuit,

Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99:

quas natura respuerit,

id. N. D. 2, 9, 24:

lumen per cornum transit, at imber respuitur,

Lucr. 2, 389; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 28:

liquorem ab se,

Vitr. 7, 4; cf.:

ferrum ab se (opp. resorbere),

Lucr. 6, 1054; 2, 197; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 231; Pall. 1, 33, 2:

frenos cum sanguine (equus),

Stat. Th. 8, 544:

invisum cadaver (humus),

Ov. Ib. 170:

oleas albas propter amaritudinem respuit palatum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 66:

respuit aqua limum,

Pall. 1, 33, 2:

tantum interest repercussum illum (aëra) respuat an excipiat,

Plin. 33, 9, 45, § 128:

respuens securis materia,

id. 17, 10, 14, § 72; cf.:

tela omnia,

Luc. 3, 484.—

Trop., to reject, repel, refuse; to dislike, disapprove, not accept (syn.:

reprobo, reicio, repudio): quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis,

Lucr. 6, 68:

cum id dicat, quod omnium mentes aspernentur ac respuant,

Cic. Fat. 20, 47; cf. id. Att. 13, 38 fin.:

ratio juris respuat hanc defensionem et pro nihilo putet,

id. Caecin. 19, 56; Liv. 42, 14:

haec aetas omne quod fieri non potest respuit,

Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 19:

quos et praesens et postera respuit aetas,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42:

orationem,

Cic. Mur. 35, 74 fin.:

quo judex dicto moveatur quid respuat,

Quint. 6, 4, 19:

non respuit Caesar condicionem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42:

Caesaris interdicta respuuntur,

are spurned, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1; cf. Liv. 2, 41 fin.:

quod respuunt (aures) immutandum est,

Cic. Part. Or. 5, 15; Quint. 11, 1, 61; Tac. Or. 9; cf.:

nemo civis est, qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur,

Cic. Pis. 20, 45:

sunt enim qui respuant (consolationem), sed refert quo modo adhibeatur,

id. Tusc. 3, 33, 79.— Absol.:

quis te tum audiret illorum? respuerent aures,

Cic. Planc. 18, 44; Quint. 11, 1, 61; cf.:

calcitrat, respuit,

Cic. Cael. 15, 36.—

Part. pres. with gen.:

communium vocum respuens nimis ac fastidiens,

Gell. 6, 15, 2.

spūma, ae, f. [spuo].

In gen., foam, froth, scum, spume from the mouth; of the sea; in boiling, etc. (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): spiritus (equi) ex animā calidā spumas agit albas, foams, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.):

vi morbi coactus Concidit et spumas agit,

Lucr. 3, 489; cf.:

cum spumas ageret in ore,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; Ov. M. 3, 74:

per armos Spuma (apri) fluit,

id. ib. 8, 288:

Venus altera spuma procreata,

Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; cf. Ov. M. 4, 538:

spumas salis aere ruebant,

Verg. A. 1, 35:

lac spumis stridentibus albet,

Ov. Am. 3, 5, 13:

sanguinis,

id. M. 8, 417; 7, 263:

equi,

Plin. 28, 11, 48, § 174:

cochleae,

id. 29, 6, 37, § 116; Col. 7, 5, 19;

of men,

Lucr. 6, 793.—

In partic., silver-spume, litharge of silver:

argenti,

Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102 sq.; 34, 18, 54, § 176: spuma caustica, a pomade used by the Teutones for dyeing the hair red, Mart. 14, 26;

called also spuma Batava,

id. 8, 33, 20:

nitri,

Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 112.