swallowing

haustus, a, um, Part., from haurio.

haustus, ūs, m. [haurio], a drawing.

Lit.:

aqua, quae non sit haustus profundi,

Col. 1, 5, 1:

puteus in tenues plantas facili diffunditur haustu,

Juv. 3, 227; Mel. 2, 4, 4: aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus, etc.... a jure civili sumitur, the right of drawing, * Cic. Caecin. 26, 74; Dig. 8, 3, 1:

haustus ex fonte privato,

ib. 8, 3, 3, § 3. —

Transf., a drinking, swallowing, drawing in; and concr., a drink, draught ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; for the most part only in the plur.):

largos haustus e fontibu' magnis Lingua fundet,

Lucr. 1, 412; cf.:

saepe, sed exiguis haustibus inde (i. e. rivo) bibi,

in small draughts, Ov. F. 3, 274:

haustu sparsus aquarum Ora fove,

Verg. G. 4, 229:

haustus aquae mihi nectar erit,

Ov. M. 6, 356:

undarum,

Luc. 3, 345:

Bacchi (i. e. vini) haustus,

Ov. M. 7, 450:

sanguinis,

i. e. the stream, current, id. ib. 4, 118:

Catulus se ignis haustu ludibrio hostium exemit,

swallowing, Flor. 3, 21, 15:

esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus Aetherios,

i. e. breath, soul, Verg. G. 4, 220; cf.:

alium domi esse caeli haustum, alium lucis aspectum,

Curt. 5, 5:

(canes) Suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus,

i. e. gentle snappings, Lucr. 5, 1068:

peregrinae haustus arenae,

a handful, Ov. M. 13, 526; cf.:

angusti puero date pulveris haustus,

Stat. Th. 10, 427; v. haurio.—

Trop.:

Pindarici fontis qui non expalluit haustus,

i. e. to drink from, to imitate, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 10:

justitiae haustus bibere,

Quint. 12, 2, 31.

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ăvĭdus, a, um, adj. [1. aveo], longing eagerly for something (either lawful or unlawful), desirous, eager, earnest, greedy (diff. from avarus, q. v.).

In gen., constr. with gen., in with acc., dat., or absol.

With gen.:

cibi,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 16:

Romani semper appetentes gloriae praeter ceteras gentes atque avidi laudis,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

festinatio victoriae avida,

id. Phil. 3, 1; so,

potentiae, honoris, divitiarum,

Sall. J. 15, 4:

avidissimus privatae gratiae, id. H. Fr. (Orat. Cottae ad Popul. p. 245 Gerl.): turba avida novarum rerum,

Liv. 1, 8, 6:

avidus poenae (sc. sumendae),

id. 8, 30, 13:

libidinum,

Hor. C. 1, 18, 11:

futuri,

id. A. P. 172 et saep.:

belli gerundi,

Sall. J. 35, 3: malefaciundi, id. H. Fr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 343 (p. 251, n. 116 Gerl.):

avidior properandi,

id. H. Fr. 4, 30 Gerl.:

videndi,

Ov. M. 10, 56 et saep.— Poet. with inf. (inst. of gen. of gerund.):

avidi committere pugnam,

Ov. M. 5, 75:

cognoscere amantem,

id. ib. 10, 472:

Chaos innumeros avidum confundere mundos,

Luc. 6, 696 al. —A. more remote gen. relation is found in Lucr.:

Humanum genus est avidum nimis auricularum,

in respect of, Lucr. 4, 594.—

With in with acc.:

avida in novas res ingenia,

Liv. 22, 21, 2:

avidae in direptiones manus,

id. 5, 20, 6.—

With dat.:

servorum manus subitis avidae,

Tac. H. 1, 7.—

Absol. and transf. to inanimate things:

ita sunt avidae (aures meae), etc.,

Cic. Or. 29, 104:

avidi cursus frena retentat equi,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 26:

avidae libidines,

Cic. Sen. 12, 39:

amor,

Cat. 68, 83:

cor,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 58:

pectus,

id. H. 9, 161:

amplexus,

id. M. 7, 143.—

Esp

Eager for gain, avaricious, covetous, greedy of money, = avarus:

me dices avidum esse hominem,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 34; id. Aul. prol. 9; 3, 5, 12; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 43:

Sed habet patrem quendam avidum, miserum atque aridum,

Ter. Heaut, 3, 2, 15:

divitiasque Conduplicant avidi,

Lucr. 3, 71:

aliquantum ad rem avidior,

Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 51:

grati animi, non appetentis, non avidi signa proferri perutile est,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; id. Rosc. Com. 7 fin.:

avidae manus heredis,

Hor. C. 4, 7, 19 al. —

Eager for food, hungry, greedy, voracious, gluttonous:

Avidos vicinum funus et aegros Exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

convivae,

id. ib. 1, 5, 75: Noli avidus esse in omni epulatione, * Vulg. Eccli. 37, 32.— Poet.:

Efficit ut largis avidum mare fluminis undis,

insatiable, Lucr. 1, 1031:

Exitio est avidum mare nautis,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 18:

morbus,

Lucr. 6, 1236:

manus Mortis,

Tib. 1, 3, 4:

ignis,

Ov. M. 9, 234; 12, 280:

flammae,

id. ib. 9, 172:

morsus,

id. ib. 4, 724 et saep.—

In Lucr. of space as swallowing up objects, wide, large, vast:

Inde avidei partem montes silvaeque ferarum Possedere,

Lucr. 5, 202: avido complexu quem tenet aether id. 2, 1066; so id. 5, 470.— Adv., eagerly, greedily, etc.

Anteclass. form ăvĭdĭter: invadere pocula, Val. Antias ap. Arn. 5, p. 155; so App.: merum ventri ingurgitare, Met. 4, p. 145, 27.—

Class. form ăvĭdē: ab ludis animus atque aures avent avide exspectantes mentium, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 83 Müll. (Trag. v. 71 Vahl.); Lucr. 4, 1108:

adripere Graecas litteras,

Cic. Sen. 8, 26:

adpetere aliquid,

id. ib. 20, 72:

exspectare aliquid,

id. Att. 12, 40; 16, 10:

jam bibit avide,

Suet. Tib. 59:

pransus,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 127 al. — Comp.:

avidius se in voluptates mergere,

Liv. 23, 18, 11:

procurrere,

id. 34, 15, 4:

avidius vino ciboque corpora onerant,

id. 41, 2, 13:

vesci,

Suet. Calig. 18.— Sup.:

avidissime exspectare aliquid,

Cic. Phil. 14, 1:

credere aliquid,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4:

adprehendere palmam,

id. 14, 22, 28, § 147.

glūtĭo or gluttio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. glri, to swallow down; hence also gula and the redupl. gurgulio], to swallow or gulp down: gluttit, enkaptei, Gloss. (mostly post-Aug.).

Lit.:

nimio sunt crudae (collyrae), nisi quas madidas gluttias,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15:

epulas,

Juv. 4, 29:

micularum minimum cum vino destillatum gluttivi,

Fronto Ep. 5, 40 Mai.; Vulg. Job, 7, 19.—

Transf., of sound, to utter interruptedly, as if swallowing:

cum glutiunt vocem velut strangulati,

Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33.—

Trop.:

Christus clamans glutitam mortem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 267.

‡ glutio, īre, the noise made by hens, to cluck; v. ‡ glocidare.

glūtĭo or gluttio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. [kindr. with Sanscr. glri, to swallow down; hence also gula and the redupl. gurgulio], to swallow or gulp down: gluttit, enkaptei, Gloss. (mostly post-Aug.).

Lit.:

nimio sunt crudae (collyrae), nisi quas madidas gluttias,

Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15:

epulas,

Juv. 4, 29:

micularum minimum cum vino destillatum gluttivi,

Fronto Ep. 5, 40 Mai.; Vulg. Job, 7, 19.—

Transf., of sound, to utter interruptedly, as if swallowing:

cum glutiunt vocem velut strangulati,

Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33.—

Trop.:

Christus clamans glutitam mortem,

Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 267.

‡ glutio, īre, the noise made by hens, to cluck; v. ‡ glocidare.

vŏrax, ācis, adj. [id.], swallowing greedily, devouring, ravenous, voracious (class.).

Lit.:

quae Charybdis tam vorax?

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 67:

venter,

Ov. M. 15, 94.—

Trop., devouring, destroying, consuming, destructive, ruinous:

pontus,

Luc. 2, 664:

flamma,

Sil. 4, 687:

impensae,

Val. Max. 7, 1 fin.:

usura,

Luc. 1, 181.— Comp.:

ignis,

Ov. M. 8, 839.—In mal. part.: culus, lecherous, lustful, Cat. 33, 4.— Adv.: vŏrācĭter, greedily, voraciously, Macr. S. 6, 5 med.