I.perf., ūtum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to spit upon (rare; “most freq. in Petr.): me immundissimo basio,” Petr. 23, 4.—Esp., to spit upon in contempt, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 17; Petr. 132, 3; Hier. Ep. 50, n. 4; cf. “Barth. Advers. 23, 24.—Of an epileptic: faciem tuam,” App. Mag. 44, p. 303, 1: conspuere sinus, as a charm to prevent the gods from being provoked by proud words, Juv. 7, 111 Mayor ad loc.; cf. spuo, I.—
B. Poet., in a harsh and undignified figure, = conspergere, to besprinkle, to cover over: Juppiter hibernas canā nive conspuit Alpes, Furius Bibaculus ap. Quint. 8, 6, 17; “for which Horace, parodying it, writes: Furius hibernas cana nive conspuet Alpes,” Hor. S. 2, 5, 41; cf. the scholiast in h. 1.—
II. Neutr., to spit out much, to spit: “faciem meam non averti a conspuentibus in me,” Vulg. Isa. 50, 6.
