inspuisset
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inspuo, inspuere, inspui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
spit upon;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...frontem mediam quantum poterat adtracta pingui saliua inspuisset Lentulus ille patrum nostrorum memoria factiosus et inpotens, abstersit faciem..." - G
Divus Vespasianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...demonstratam a Serapide per quietem: restituturum oculos, si inspuisset; confirmaturum crus, si dignaretur calce contingere. Cum vix fides..."