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
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...manu recisi. Consumptis versibus suis immundissimo me basio conspuit. Mox et super lectum venit atque omni vi detexit..." - M
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..."
