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ē-vŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. a., to spew out, vomit forth (class.).

Lit.:

(haec avis scribitur) conchas cum concoxerit, evomere,

Cic. N. D. 2, 49; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 2; Tac. A. 12, 67; Vulg. Jonah, 2, 11 al.—

Transf.:

quod (urbs) tantam pestem evomuerit forasque ejecerit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1 fin.:

herbas,

to put forth, Col. 8, 15, 3:

ignes (Vesbius),

Sil. 17, 594:

pecuniam devoratam,

to disgorge, give up, Cic. Pis. 37:

Nilus in Aegyptium mare se evomit,

discharges itself, empties, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.—

Trop.:

virus acerbitatis suae apud aliquem,

Cic. Lael. 23, 87:

in aliquem orationem ex ore impurissimo,

id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: iram in aliquem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 14; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 65; id. Hec. 3, 5, 65.

hĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [weakened from CHAÔ, chainô, chaskô; cf. Germ. gähnen].

Neutr., to open, stand or be open, to gape.

Lit.

In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose): hiavit humus multa, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 318, 29; cf.:

(calor) venas astringit hiantes,

Verg. G. 1, 91:

vasti specus hiant defractis membris (colossi Rhodii),

Plin. 34, 7, 18, § 41; Hor. Epod. 8, 5:

nec flos ullus hiat pratis,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 45; cf.:

hiantia lilia,

Ov. A. A. 2, 115:

quercum patulis rimis hiantem,

Gell. 15, 16, 2: Ch. Qui potuit videre? Ac. Oculis. Ch. Quo pacto? Ac. Hem hiantibus, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 71:

oculi hiantes,

Plin. 11, 37, 52, § 139:

cum pisciculi in concham hiantem innataverunt,

Cic. N. D. 2, 48, 123.—

In partic., to open the mouth, to gape, yawn:

inceptus clamor frustratur hiantes,

Verg. A. 6, 493:

perdices hiantes, exserta lingua aestuant,

Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102:

trochilos crocodilum invitat ad hiandum pabuli sui gratia,

id. 8, 25, 37, § 90:

leo immane hians,

Verg. A. 10, 726:

lupus (piscis) hic Tiberinus an alto Captus hiet,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 32:

profluentem aquam hianti ore captantes,

Curt. 4, 16.—

Trop.

Of speech, to be badly connected, to leave a hiatus:

qui (vocalium concursus) cum accidit, hiat et intersistit et quasi laborat oratio,

Quint. 9, 4, 33; cf.:

hiare semper vocalibus,

id. ib. 20; and:

qui (poëtae), ut versum facerent, saepe hiabant: ut Naevius: Vos qui accolitis Histrum fluvium atque algidam, etc.,

Cic. Or. 45, 152; cf.

also: crebrae vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18; and:

concursus hiantes,

Cic. Part. Or. 6, 21:

aspera et dura et dissoluta et hians oratio,

Quint. 8, 6, 62:

hians compositio,

Tac. Or. 21:

hiantia loqui,

Cic. Or. 9, 32.—

(Acc. to I. A. 2.) To gape, with longing, wonder, or curiosity; to be eager, to long for any thing; to be amazed:

huic homini si cujus domus patet, utrum ea patere an hiare ac poscere aliquid videtur?

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 8:

canis semper ad spem futuri hiat,

Sen. Ep. 72 med.; cf.:

corvum deludet hiantem,

i. e. the legacy-hunter, Hor. S. 2, 5, 56:

ne facies (equi) emptorem inducat hiantem,

id. ib. 1, 2, 88:

quem ducit hiantem Cretata ambitio,

Pers. 5, 176:

avaritiā semper hiante esse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134; cf. Tac. H. 1, 12 fin.:

hunc plausus hiantem Per cuneos... Corripuit,

Verg. G. 2, 508:

luxus et ignavia lacerabat hiantem Desidia populum,

Sil. 11, 35.—

Act., to spew out ( poet. and very rare):

subitos ex ore cruores Saucia tigris hiat,

i. e. spits, emits, Val. Fl. 6, 706.—

To bawl out, utter, sing:

fabula seu maesto ponatur hianda tragoedo,

Pers. 5, 3:

carmen lyra,

plays, Prop. 2, 31, 6 (3, 29, 6 M.).

rĕ-vŏmo, ŭi, 3, v. a., to spew or vomit forth again; to vomit up, disgorge ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

salsos pectore fluctus,

Verg. A. 5, 182:

plumam avibus devoratis (dracones),

Plin. 10, 72, 92, § 197:

haustum mare (Charybdis),

Sen. Thyest. 581; cf. Sil. 2, 308;

and of the same: vorat haec raptas revomitque carinas,

Ov. M. 13, 731; cf.:

umorque aquae sursum revomit atque remittit (tigna),

Lucr. 2, 199:

spolia assidue mota ventis maria revomebant,

cast up again, Flor. 4, 11, 7:

at miseri fluctant revomentes aequora nautae,

Sil. 10, 326.—

Trop.:

cum sanguine et spiritu male partam revomuere victoriam,

Flor. 2, 10, 3.

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.

vŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [Sanscr. vām-ami, vomit; Gr. emeô; root Wem].

Neutr., to puke, spew, throw up, vomit (a common method among the Romans of renewing the appetite).

Lit.:

cum vomere post cenam te velle dixisses,

Cic. Dejot. 7, 21; id. Phil. 2, 25, 63; Cels. 1, 3; Suet. Vit. 13; id. Claud. 21:

in mensam,

Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—With a homogeneous object:

vomitum,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 27.— Impers. pass.:

ab horā tertiā bibebatur, ludebatur, vomebatur,

Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 104.—

Transf., in gen., to pour forth, empty: quā largius vomit (Padus), discharges itself into the sea, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 119.—

Act., to throw up or discharge by vomiting; to vomit up or forth (cf.: eructo, nauseo).

Lit.:

sanguinem,

Plin. 26, 13, 84, § 136:

paene intestina sua,

Petr. 66.—

Transf., in gen., to vomit forth, i. e. to throw or pour out in abundance; to emit, discharge ( poet.):

(Charybdis) vomit fluctus totidem totidemque resorbet,

Ov. H. 12, 125:

undam,

Verg. G. 2, 462:

fumum,

id. A. 5, 682:

geminas flammas,

id. ib. 8, 681:

mel (apes),

Petr. 56:

vitam,

to breathe out, Lucr. 6, 828; so,

animam,

Verg. A. 9, 349:

argentum,

to give up, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 10:

armataeque vomunt stridentia tela fenestrae,

Stat. Th. 10, 536:

pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae,

Pers. 5, 181.