ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
spūtus: ūs, m. spuo,
I a spitting (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 4, 80; 3, 2, 18; Auct. ap. Lact. 4, 18; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 23.
spūtŭs,¹⁶ ūs, m. (spuo), crachat : Lact. Inst. 4, 18 ; Aug. Civ. 18, 23.