glutio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

glūtĭo: or gluttio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. kindr. with Sanscr. glri, to swallow down; hence also gula and the redupl. gurgulio,
I to swallow or gulp down: gluttit, ἐγκάπτει, Gloss. (mostly post-Aug.).
I Lit.: nimio sunt crudae (collyrae), nisi quas madidas gluttias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15: epulas, Juv. 4, 29: micularum minimum cum vino destillatum gluttivi, Fronto Ep. 5, 40 Mai.; Vulg. Job, 7, 19.—
   B Transf., of sound, to utter interruptedly, as if swallowing: cum glutiunt vocem velut strangulati, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33.—
II Trop.: Christus clamans glutitam mortem, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 267.
   2    ‡ glutio, īre, the noise made by hens, to cluck; v. ‡ glocidare.