scateo
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scăteo: ēre (ante-class. also scatit, Lucr. 5, 40; 6, 891; and scatĕre, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69, or Trag. v. 196 Vahl.; Lucr. 5, 598; 5, 952; 6, 896;
I perf. and sup. wanting), v. n. etym. dub.; cf. Lith. skas-, leap, to bubble, gush, well, spring, or flow forth (poet.; not before the Aug. period in prose).
I Lit.: fontes scatere, Enn. l. l.; cf.: fons dulcis aquaï qui scatit et salsas circum se dimovet undas, Lucr. 6, 891 sq.; and (with erumpere) id. 5, 952; 5, 598.—
II Transf., = abundo.
A To be plentiful; to swarm, abound: cuniculi scatent in Hispaniă, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 226; cf. Lucr. 6, 896.—
B With abl. (once also with gen. and with an acc. of respect), to gush forth with, i.e. to be full of; to swarm or abound with, to be rich in or crowded with any thing, etc.
1 Lit. (a) With abl.: vino scatet, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 22: arx (Corinthi) scatens fontibus, Liv. 45, 28: scatentem Beluis pontum, Hor. C. 3, 27, 26; cf.: Nilus scatet piscibus, Mel. 1, 9, 3; so, tota ferme Hispania metallis, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 30: Terracina silvis nucum, id. 16, 32, 59, § 138: scatere vermibus, Vulg. Exod. 16, 20: gentes tigri ferā. Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 73.—
(b) With gen.: terra ferarum scatit, Lucr. 5, 40; cf. id. 6, 891 supra.—
2 Trop.: qualibus ostentis Aristandri volumen sca-tet, Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 243; cf.: sic videas quosdam scatere verbis, ut, etc., Gell. 1, 15, 2; 17, 8, 4: (urtica) vel plurimis scatet remediis, Plin. 22, 13, 15, § 31.—With acc. respect: amas pol, misera: id tuos scatet animus, Plaut. Pers. 2, 1, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scătĕō,¹³ ēre, Pl. Aul. 558 ; Plin. 17, 243, et scătō, ĕre, intr. Lucr. 5, 40 ; 5, 1162, sourdre, jaillir || [fig.] être abondant, fourmiller, pulluler : Lucr. 6, 896 ; Plin. 8, 226 || regorger de, fourmiller de : [avec abl.] Liv. 45, 28 ; Hor. O. 3, 27, 26 ; Plin. 3, 30 ; [avec gén.] ferarum scatit terra Lucr. 5, 40, la terre fourmille de bêtes féroces || [fig.] qualibus ostentis volumen scatet Plin. 17, 243, le volume est plein (fourmille) de prodiges semblables ; scatere verbis Gell. 1, 15, 2, abonder en paroles, être intarissable || [acc. de pron. n.] id tuus scatet animus Pl. Pers. 177, ton cœur en est tout débordant [d’amour].
