spuma: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>spūma</b>: ae, f. [[spuo]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., [[foam]], [[froth]], [[scum]], [[spume]] from the [[mouth]]; of the [[sea]]; in [[boiling]], etc. ([[class]].; used [[alike]] in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> and <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>): [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.