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-spŭo , ŭi, 3, v. a.,
I.to spit back or out; to discharge by spitting; to cast out, cast off, eject, expel, etc. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
(β). Part. pres. with gen.: “communium vocum respuens nimis ac fastidiens,Gell. 6, 15, 2.
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