inspuit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →inspuo, inspuere, inspui, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
spit upon;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...infando saturatas carmine frondiset, quibus os dirum nascentibus inspuit, herbasaddidit et quidquid mundo dedit ipsa ueneni.tum uox Lethaeos..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...maxime disserenti adulescens proteruus inspuit? Tulit hoc ille leniter et sapienter: 'non quidem' inquit 'irascor, sed dubito tamen..."