spit
spit
subs.
For piercing meat, etc.: V. ὀβελός, ὁ, ἀμφώβολος, ὁ.
Little spit: Ar. and P. ὀβελίσκος, ὁ.
Tongue of land: P. and V. αὐχήν, ὁ (Xen. and Eur. El. 1288), ἰσθμός, ὁ.
Point of rock: V. στόνυξ, ὁ (Eur. Cycl. 401).
subs.
For piercing meat, etc.: V. ὀβελός, ὁ, ἀμφώβολος, ὁ.
Little spit: Ar. and P. ὀβελίσκος, ὁ.
Tongue of land: P. and V. αὐχήν, ὁ (Xen. and Eur. El. 1288), ἰσθμός, ὁ.
Point of rock: V. στόνυξ, ὁ (Eur. Cycl. 401).
spit
v. trans.
Pierce with a spit: Ar. ἀ̆νᾰπείρειν, ἀ̆νᾰπηγνύ̆ναι: see pierce.V. intrans. P. and V. πτύειν (Xen.).
Spit at: P. καταπτύειν (gen.), διαπτύειν (acc.).
Spit out: Ar. ἐκπτύ̄ειν.
v. trans.
Pierce with a spit: Ar. ἀ̆νᾰπείρειν, ἀ̆νᾰπηγνύ̆ναι: see pierce.V. intrans. P. and V. πτύειν (Xen.).
Spit at: P. καταπτύειν (gen.), διαπτύειν (acc.).
Spit out: Ar. ἐκπτύ̄ειν.
SPIT
s. veru neuter verum (Plaut.). To turn a spit veru versare.
s. veru neuter verum (Plaut.). To turn a spit veru versare.
v. To fasten on a spit *(carnes) veru transfigere.
To eject from the mouth spuere: exspuere. To spit blood sanguinem vomere ejicere extussire; sanguinem per tussim exscreare or ejicere; tussis sanguinem extundit (Celsus); sanguinem per os reddere; sanguinem (ore) rejicere (Plin.): to stop a spitting of blood exscreationes cruentas inhibere: to spit at or on aliquid sputo aspergere or respergere; inspuere in aliquid: conspuere; consputare (general term in good or bad sense. ☞ Aspuere Plin. 28 4 7 and insputare Plaut. Capt. 3 4 21 and 23 are unusual): to spit in anybody’s face inspuere alicui in frontem or in alicujus faciem; os alicujus sputo respergere; also consputare aliquem: to spit forth out or up exscreare (in clearing the throat or coughing); spuere exspuere (to spit out); salivare (to emit as spittle of the murex Plin. 9 36 60); vomere evomere; ejicere rejicere (to vomit; evomere also of volcanoes); per os reddere (to emit from the mouth): to spit forth flames ex montis vertice ignes erumpunt; mons ignes evomit (†) or flammis emicat: (figuratively) to spit out venom and gall acerbitatis virus evomere; against anybody apud aliquem: to spit out death and destruction caedem eructare sermonibus.
To eject from the mouth spuere: exspuere. To spit blood sanguinem vomere ejicere extussire; sanguinem per tussim exscreare or ejicere; tussis sanguinem extundit (Celsus); sanguinem per os reddere; sanguinem (ore) rejicere (Plin.): to stop a spitting of blood exscreationes cruentas inhibere: to spit at or on aliquid sputo aspergere or respergere; inspuere in aliquid: conspuere; consputare (general term in good or bad sense. ☞ Aspuere Plin. 28 4 7 and insputare Plaut. Capt. 3 4 21 and 23 are unusual): to spit in anybody’s face inspuere alicui in frontem or in alicujus faciem; os alicujus sputo respergere; also consputare aliquem: to spit forth out or up exscreare (in clearing the throat or coughing); spuere exspuere (to spit out); salivare (to emit as spittle of the murex Plin. 9 36 60); vomere evomere; ejicere rejicere (to vomit; evomere also of volcanoes); per os reddere (to emit from the mouth): to spit forth flames ex montis vertice ignes erumpunt; mons ignes evomit (†) or flammis emicat: (figuratively) to spit out venom and gall acerbitatis virus evomere; against anybody apud aliquem: to spit out death and destruction caedem eructare sermonibus.
spit (subs.):
I. For roasting:
1. vĕru, ūs: Virg.: Ov. Rarely, vĕrum: Pl.
2. cuspis, ĭdis, f.: Mart.
II. Of land: lingua: Liv. 44, 11.
I. For roasting:
1. vĕru, ūs: Virg.: Ov. Rarely, vĕrum: Pl.
2. cuspis, ĭdis, f.: Mart.
II. Of land: lingua: Liv. 44, 11.
spit (v.):
I. To run a s. through: Phr.: veru figere (transfigere), Virg. Aen. 1, 212. See also,TO PIERCE , TRANSFIX .
II. To eject (saliva) from the mouth:
1. spuo, i, ūtum, 3 (both intrans. and trans.): to s. into one's bosom, in sinum s., Plin. 28, 4, 7: to s. dirt from the mouth, terram ore s., Virg. G. 4, 97. Comps.: (1.) exspuo, 3 (to s. out): to s. into one's hand (intrans.), ex. in mediam manum, Plin. l. c.: to s. blood, sanguinem e., id. 35, 16, 53. Fig.: to reject with loathing: Cat. (2.) inspuo, 3 (to s. on or upon): foll. by in and acc.: to s. in any one's face, in faciem alicujus salivam i., Sen. Ir. 3, 38: also with dat. of indirect obj., ib.: Plin. (3.) adspuo, 3 (= inspuo: rare): Plin. (4.) conspuo, 3 (to be-spit: trans.): Hor. S. 2, 5, 41. Esp. to s. upon contemptuously: Petr. (In this sense also freq. consputo, 1: Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3.) (5.) despuo, 3 (to s. away): esp. of s.ing by way of charm: to avert epilepsy by s.ing, comitialem morbum d., Plin. 28, 4, 7.
2. spūto, 1 (freq. of spuo): to s. blood, sanguinem s., Pl. Merc. 1, 2, 30. Comps.: insputo, 1 (to s. in), Pl.: consputo, 1: v. supr. 1.
3. exscreo, 1 (to cough out, clearing the throat): to s. phlegm or blood, pituitam, sanguinem ex., Cels. 4, 6. Also intrans.: Suet. Ner. 24.
4. expr. by spūtum, sălīva, with a verb: e. g. sputum edere, Cels. 2, 8, med.: s. ejicere, id. (Kr.): to s. into any one's bosom, in sinum alicujus sputa mittere, Mart. 2, 26: to s. in any one's face, os alicujus sputo respergere, Val. Max. 5, 1, extr. 2. (N.B.--Not salivare, which is to emit a mucus, as snails, etc.)
I. To run a s. through: Phr.: veru figere (transfigere), Virg. Aen. 1, 212. See also,
II. To eject (saliva) from the mouth:
1. spuo, i, ūtum, 3 (both intrans. and trans.): to s. into one's bosom, in sinum s., Plin. 28, 4, 7: to s. dirt from the mouth, terram ore s., Virg. G. 4, 97. Comps.: (1.) exspuo, 3 (to s. out): to s. into one's hand (intrans.), ex. in mediam manum, Plin. l. c.: to s. blood, sanguinem e., id. 35, 16, 53. Fig.: to reject with loathing: Cat. (2.) inspuo, 3 (to s. on or upon): foll. by in and acc.: to s. in any one's face, in faciem alicujus salivam i., Sen. Ir. 3, 38: also with dat. of indirect obj., ib.: Plin. (3.) adspuo, 3 (= inspuo: rare): Plin. (4.) conspuo, 3 (to be-spit: trans.): Hor. S. 2, 5, 41. Esp. to s. upon contemptuously: Petr. (In this sense also freq. consputo, 1: Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3.) (5.) despuo, 3 (to s. away): esp. of s.ing by way of charm: to avert epilepsy by s.ing, comitialem morbum d., Plin. 28, 4, 7.
2. spūto, 1 (freq. of spuo): to s. blood, sanguinem s., Pl. Merc. 1, 2, 30. Comps.: insputo, 1 (to s. in), Pl.: consputo, 1: v. supr. 1.
3. exscreo, 1 (to cough out, clearing the throat): to s. phlegm or blood, pituitam, sanguinem ex., Cels. 4, 6. Also intrans.: Suet. Ner. 24.
4. expr. by spūtum, sălīva, with a verb: e. g. sputum edere, Cels. 2, 8, med.: s. ejicere, id. (Kr.): to s. into any one's bosom, in sinum alicujus sputa mittere, Mart. 2, 26: to s. in any one's face, os alicujus sputo respergere, Val. Max. 5, 1, extr. 2. (N.B.--Not salivare, which is to emit a mucus, as snails, etc.)
Spit
See veru.