inspuisset
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inspuo, inspuere, inspui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
spit upon;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
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..."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..."