I.a drawing.
I. Lit.: “aqua, quae non sit haustus profundi,” Col. 1, 5, 1: “puteus in tenues plantas facili diffunditur haustu,” Juv. 3, 227; Mel. 2, 4, 4: aquae ductus, haustus, iter, actus, etc.... a jure civili sumitur, the right of drawing, * Cic. Caecin. 26, 74; Dig. 8, 3, 1: “haustus ex fonte privato,” ib. 8, 3, 3, § 3. —
II. Transf., a drinking, swallowing, drawing in; and concr., a drink, draught (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; for the most part only in the plur.): “largos haustus e fontibu' magnis Lingua fundet,” Lucr. 1, 412; cf.: “saepe, sed exiguis haustibus inde (i. e. rivo) bibi,” in small draughts, Ov. F. 3, 274: “haustu sparsus aquarum Ora fove,” Verg. G. 4, 229: “haustus aquae mihi nectar erit,” Ov. M. 6, 356: “undarum,” Luc. 3, 345: “Bacchi (i. e. vini) haustus,” Ov. M. 7, 450: “sanguinis,” i. e. the stream, current, id. ib. 4, 118: “Catulus se ignis haustu ludibrio hostium exemit,” swallowing, Flor. 3, 21, 15: “esse apibus partem divinae mentis et haustus Aetherios,” i. e. breath, soul, Verg. G. 4, 220; cf.: “alium domi esse caeli haustum, alium lucis aspectum,” Curt. 5, 5: “(canes) Suspensis teneros imitantur dentibus haustus,” i. e. gentle snappings, Lucr. 5, 1068: “peregrinae haustus arenae,” a handful, Ov. M. 13, 526; cf.: “angusti puero date pulveris haustus,” Stat. Th. 10, 427; v. haurio.—