I.v. a., to pour down, pour out (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic. and Caes.).
I. In gen.: “aquam,” Cato R. R. 156, 5: “vinum (sc. ex dolio in amphoram),” Hor. S. 2, 2, 58: “late sanguinem,” Sil. 5, 453 et saep.: “ovi album in vas,” Cels. 6, 6, 1; cf.: “aliquid in fictilia labra,” Col. 12, 50, 10 al.—Poet. transf.: “fruges pleno cornu,” pours forth, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 29: “verba pectore,” Petr. 5, 22; cf.: “voces pectore,” id. 121, 102.—
II. Esp., a religious t. t., to pour out, as a libation: “te prosequitur mero Defuso pateris,” Hor. Od. 4, 5, 34; so, “libamenta Mercurio,” Val. Max. 2, 6, 8.
