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
- M
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..." - L
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..."