exscreatio

λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

exscrĕātĭo: (excr-), ōnis, f. id.,
I a hawking or coughing up: sanguinis, Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113; 28, 12, 53, § 195.