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sputo

sputo, to spit, spit out

spūto, āre, v. freq. a. [spuo],
  • to spit, spit out (mostly ante-class.): sanguinem, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 30 (140): morbus, qui sputatur, that disease before which one spits, i. e. the epilepsy, id. Capt. 3, 4, 18 (550) (cf. Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 69; 28, 4, 7, § 35): mixtos sputantem sanguine dentes, Ov. M. 12, 256.

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