scatĕo

scăteo, ēre (ante-class. also scatit, Lucr. 5, 40; 6, 891; and scatĕre, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69, or Trag. v. 196 Vahl.; Lucr. 5, 598; 5, 952; 6, 896; perf. and sup. wanting), v. n. [etym. dub.; cf. Lith. skas-, leap], to bubble, gush, well, spring, or flow forth ( poet.; not before the Aug. period in prose).

Lit.: fontes scatere, Enn. l. l.; cf.:

fons dulcis aquaï qui scatit et salsas circum se dimovet undas,

Lucr. 6, 891 sq.; and (with erumpere) id. 5, 952; 5, 598.—

Transf., = abundo.

To be plentiful; to swarm, abound:

cuniculi scatent in Hispaniă,

Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226; cf. Lucr. 6, 896.—

With abl. (once also with gen. and with an acc. of respect), to gush forth with, i.e. to be full of; to swarm or abound with, to be rich in or crowded with any thing, etc.

Lit. ( a) With abl.:

vino scatet,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 22:

arx (Corinthi) scatens fontibus,

Liv. 45, 28:

scatentem Beluis pontum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 26; cf.:

Nilus scatet piscibus,

Mel. 1, 9, 3; so,

tota ferme Hispania metallis,

Plin. 3, 3, 4, [p. 1640] §

30: Terracina silvis nucum,

id. 16, 32, 59, § 138:

scatere vermibus,

Vulg. Exod. 16, 20: gentes tigri ferā. Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 73.—

With gen.:

terra ferarum scatit,

Lucr. 5, 40; cf. id. 6, 891 supra.—

Trop.:

qualibus ostentis Aristandri volumen sca-tet,

Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243; cf.:

sic videas quosdam scatere verbis, ut, etc.,

Gell. 1, 15, 2; 17, 8, 4:

(urtica) vel plurimis scatet remediis,

Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 31.—With acc. respect:

amas pol, misera: id tuos scatet animus,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 9.

scătūrĭo, īre ( imperf. scaturribat, App. M. 4, p. 145, 8), v. n. [scateo], to stream, flow, or gush out (not before the Aug. period, and very rare).

Lit.:

scaturiens aqua,

Pall. 1, 33 fin.:

de summo vertice fons scaturribat (i. e. -riebat),

App. M. 4, 6, p. 145, 8:

oleum de terrā,

Ampel. Lib. Mem. 8, § 5.—

Transf., like scateo.

To come forth in great numbers, to swarm, abound:

vermiculi,

Auct. Priap. 4, 6 fin.:

vermes,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 9.—

To be full of, filled with, abound in a thing.

Lit.:

solum, quod fontibus non scaturiat,

Col. 3, 1, 8.—

Trop.: (Curio) totus, ut nunc est, hoc scaturit, he is all possessed with it, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: aurae scaturientes sermonis, Prud. steph. 10, 551.

scătē̆bra, ae, f. [scateo], a bubbling or gushing up of water (not ante-Aug., and very rare):

fontium,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 6:

fonticuli,

id. 31, 10, 46, § 108.—

Transf.:

(unda) scatebris arentia temperat arva,

spring - water, bubbling water, Verg. G. 1, 110; cf. scaturex and scaturigines.