conspuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →conspuo, conspuere, conspui, consputus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
spit on, sputter over; besplatter with saliva; (contempt); spit; spit it out;; spit; spit out much; spit it out;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...manu recisi. Consumptis versibus suis immundissimo me basio conspuit. Mox et super lectum venit atque omni vi detexit..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...capitis nives" et "Iuppiter hibernas cana nive conspuit Alpes". In illo vero plurimum erroris, quod ea quae poetis..."
