sputo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

spūto: āre, v. freq. a. spuo,
I to spit, spit out (mostly ante-class.): sanguinem, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30: morbus, qui sputatur, that disease before which one spits, i. e. the epilepsy, id. Capt. 3, 4, 18 (cf. Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69; 28, 4, 7, § 35): mixtos sputantem sanguine dentes, Ov. M. 12, 256.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

spūtō,¹⁶ āre (spuo), tr., cracher : Pl. Merc. 138 ; Ov. M. 12, 256 || éloigner un mal en crachant : qui sputatur morbus Pl. *Capt. 550, le mal dont on se préserve en crachant [épilepsie].