effutio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ef-fūtĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a. [FVTIO, acc. to Prisc. p. 631 P.],

I to blab out , babble forth , to prate , chatter , utter (class.): multa ore, Lucr. 5, 910; so, aliquid, Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84; * Hor. A. P. 231; Gell. 5, 1; cf.: effutita temere (vaticinia), Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113: de mundo, id. N. D. 2, 37, 94.—

II Absol.

α To blab , tell secrets : eo perperam olim dixi, ne vos foris effutiretis; and absol. , Ter. Phorm. 745.—

β To talk idly : ex tempore, Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 88.

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