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sălīvo , no
I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a. saliva. *
I. To spit out, discharge, yield: “lentorem cujusdam cerae (purpurae),Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125.—
II. In veterinary lang., to salivate, cure by salivation: “aegrotum pecus, vaccam, admissarium,Col. 6, 5, 2; 6, 7, 9; 5, 24, 5; 6, 37, 9; pass., Pall. Apr. 7.—Hence, -līvātum , i, n. (acc. to II.), a medicine employed to excite the flow of saliva, Col. 6, 10, 1; Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101; Veg. 3, 2, 25.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.101
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.10.1
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.5.2
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