LAT
sternuo
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Lewis Short
(verb) : sternŭo, ŭi, 3, and
* A. [cf. Gr. πτάρνυσθαι, v. Georg Curtius Griech. Etym. p. 696].
* Neutr., to sneeze: adorare aliquem, cum sternuerit,Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107; 28, 6, 15, § 57; 19, 3, 15, § 40 (al. sternuto); Col. 7, 5, 18 Schneid. N. cr.—*
* Transf., of a light, to sputter, crackle: sternuit et lumen ... sternuit, et nobis prospera signa dedit,Ov. H. 19, 151 sq.
* Act., to sneeze out, give by sneezing: omen,Prop. 2, 3, 24; so, approbationem,Cat. 45, 9 and 18.
* A. [cf. Gr. πτάρνυσθαι, v. Georg Curtius Griech. Etym. p. 696].
* Neutr., to sneeze: adorare aliquem, cum sternuerit,Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107; 28, 6, 15, § 57; 19, 3, 15, § 40 (al. sternuto); Col. 7, 5, 18 Schneid. N. cr.—*
* Transf., of a light, to sputter, crackle: sternuit et lumen ... sternuit, et nobis prospera signa dedit,Ov. H. 19, 151 sq.
* Act., to sneeze out, give by sneezing: omen,Prop. 2, 3, 24; so, approbationem,Cat. 45, 9 and 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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