ē-ructo, āre, v. a.
I To belch or vomit forth , to throw up (rare but class.).
A Prop.: unde tu nos turpissime eructando ejecisti, Cic. Pis. 6, 13: saniem eructans, Verg. A. 3, 632; cf. Col. 8, 8, 10.—
B Trop.: caedem sermonibus suis, i. e. to talk of murder when drunk , Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10.—
II In gen., to cast forth , emit , exhale : Tartarus horriferos eructans faucibus aestus, Lucr. 3, 1012: aquam, Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 2: odorem, id. ib. 1, 4, 4: noxium virus, Col. 1, 5, 6: harenam, Verg. A. 6, 297: flammas, vaporem, fumum, Just. 4, 1, 4.—
B Esp., to utter (eccl. Lat.): abscondita, Vulg. Matt. 13, 35; id. Psa. 44, 2; August. Civ. D. 18, 32; cf. Lact. 4, 8, 14.