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|lshtext=<b>con-spŭo</b>: no<br /><b>I</b> perf., ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.<br /><b>I</b> Act., to [[spit]] [[upon]] ([[rare]]; [[most]] freq. in Petr.): me immundissimo [[basio]], Petr. 23, 4.—Esp., to [[spit]] [[upon]] in [[contempt]], Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 17; Petr. 132, 3; Hier. Ep. 50, n. 4; cf. Barth. Advers. 23, 24.—Of an epileptic: faciem tuam, App. Mag. 44, p. 303, 1: conspuere [[sinus]], as a [[charm]] to [[prevent]] the gods from [[being]] provoked by [[proud]] words, Juv. 7, 111 Mayor ad loc.; cf. [[spuo]], I.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Poet., in a [[harsh]] and [[undignified]] [[figure]], = conspergere, to [[besprinkle]], to [[cover]] [[over]]: [[Juppiter]] hibernas canā [[nive]] conspuit [[Alpes]], [[Furius]] [[Bibaculus]] ap. Quint. 8, 6, 17; for [[which]] Horace, parodying it, writes: [[Furius]] hibernas cana [[nive]] conspuet [[Alpes]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; cf. the scholiast in h. 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[spit]] [[out]] [[much]], to [[spit]]: faciem meam non averti a conspuentibus in me, Vulg. Isa. 50, 6.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cōnspŭō</b>,¹⁴ ŭī, ūtum, ĕre,<br /><b>1</b> tr., salir de crachat, de bave : Sen. Vita b. 19, 3 ; Petr. 23, 4 ; Apul. Apol. 44, 9, [[nive]] conspuit [[Alpes]] Bibac. d. Quint. 8, 6, 17 (raillerie d’ Hor. S. 2, 5, 41 ), (Jupiter) couvre les [[Alpes]] de crachats de neige || [fig.] cracher sur, conspuer : Tert. Anim. 50<br /><b>2</b> intr., cracher : Vulg. Is. 50, 6.
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