ē-mungo, nxi, nctum, 3 (perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti), v. a., to wipe or blow the nose.
I Lit.: se, Auct. Her. 4, 54; Auct. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Also mid. : ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 18: emungeris, Juv. 6, 147.—
II Transf.
A In gen.: tu ut oculos emungare ex capite per nasum tuos, i. e. that your eyes may be knocked out , Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 39: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, clean-nosed , i. e. of nice discernment , keen , acute , Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so, emunctae naris (Lucilius), Hor. S. 1, 4, 8; cf.: limati quidam (Attici) et emuncti, i. e. fine , delicate , Quint. 12, 10, 17.—
B In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. ἀπομύσσειν (v. Lidd. and Scott sub h. v.), to cheat one out of his money: auro emunctus, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; cf.: emunxi argento senes, Ter. Phorm. 682; Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 19; and simply, aliquem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 50; id. Ep. 3, 4, 58; id. Most. 5, 1, 60 sq.; Poëta ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Hor. A. P. 238.