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to spit upon in contempt

  • 1 conspuo

    con-spŭo, no perf., ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Neutr., to spit out much, to spit:

    faciem meam non averti a conspuentibus in me,

    Vulg. Isa. 50, 6.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conspuo

  • 2 consputo

    con-spūto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [conspuo], to spit upon in contempt (very rare): nostros coeperunt Clodiana, * Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 2:

    maledictus et consputatus, etc.,

    Tert. adv. Jud. 14; id. Idol. 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > consputo

  • 3 cōnspūtō

        cōnspūtō —, ātus, āre, freq.    [conspuo], to spit upon, insult grossly: nostros.
    * * *
    consputare, consputavi, consputatus V TRANS
    spit on/over; (in contempt)

    Latin-English dictionary > cōnspūtō

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