spuma
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
Latin > English
spuma spumae N F :: foam, froth; slime, scum, spume; hair pomade/dye
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
spūma: ae, f. spuo.
I In gen., foam, froth, scum, spume from the mouth; of the sea; in boiling, etc. (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): spiritus (equi) ex animā calidā spumas agit albas, foams, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.): vi morbi coactus Concidit et spumas agit, Lucr. 3, 489; cf.: cum spumas ageret in ore, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; Ov. M. 3, 74: per armos Spuma (apri) fluit, id. ib. 8, 288: Venus altera spuma procreata, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; cf. Ov. M. 4, 538: spumas salis aere ruebant, Verg. A. 1, 35: lac spumis stridentibus albet, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 13: sanguinis, id. M. 8, 417; 7, 263: equi, Plin. 28, 11, 48, § 174: cochleae, id. 29, 6, 37, § 116; Col. 7, 5, 19; of men, Lucr. 6, 793.—
II In partic., silver-spume, litharge of silver: argenti, Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102 sq.; 34, 18, 54, § 176: spuma caustica, a pomade used by the Teutones for dyeing the hair red, Mart. 14, 26; called also spuma Batava, id. 8, 33, 20: nitri, Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 112.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
spūma,¹¹ æ, f. (spuo), écume, bave : Cic. Nat. 3, 59 ; Virg. En. 1, 35 ; spumas agere Lucr. 3, 489 ; in ore spumas agere Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 148, écumer, avoir l’écume à la bouche || argenti Plin. 33, 102, litharge ; caustica Mart. 14, 26, 1, ou Batava Mart. 8, 33, 20, savon caustique [avec lequel les Germains se teignaient les cheveux en rouge].
Latin > German (Georges)
spūma, ae, f. (zu altind. pēhna-h, Schaum, Feim, ahd. feim), der Schaum, Gischt, Verg. u. Plin.: spumas agere in ore, schäumen, Cic.: spumam eximere, abschäumen, Colum.: spuma argenti, Silberschaum, Glätte, Verg.: salis, Salz aus dem Schaume des Meeres, Schaumsalz, Plin.: spuma caustica, kaustische Seife, womit sich die Germanen u. Gallier das Haar rot färbten, Mart.: dies. spuma Batava gen., Mart.
