evomo

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

ē-vŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. a., to spew out, vomit forth (class.).

I Lit.: (haec avis scribitur) conchas cum concoxerit, evomere, Cic. N. D. 2, 49; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 2; Tac. A. 12, 67; Vulg. Jonah, 2, 11 al.—

B Transf.: quod (urbs) tantam pestem evomuerit forasque ejecerit, Cic. Cat. 2, 1 fin. : herbas, to put forth , Col. 8, 15, 3: ignes (Vesbius), Sil. 17, 594: pecuniam devoratam, to disgorge , give up , Cic. Pis. 37: Nilus in Aegyptium mare se evomit, discharges itself , empties , Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.—

II Trop.: virus acerbitatis suae apud aliquem, Cic. Lael. 23, 87: in aliquem orationem ex ore impurissimo, id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: iram in aliquem, Ter. Ad. 312; cf. id. ib. 510; id. Hec. 515.

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