verb
glūtĭo
Meaning
- to swallow
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dēvorō, per gulam sūmōglūtiō -īre — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 21
glūtĭo or gluttio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a. kindr. with Sanscr. glri, to swallow down; hence also gula and the redupl. gurgulio,
I. to swallow or gulp down: gluttit, ἐγκάπτει, Gloss. (mostly post-Aug.).
I. Lit.:
nimio sunt crudae (collyrae), nisi quas madidas gluttias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15: epulas, Juv. 4, 29: micularum minimum cum vino destillatum gluttivi, Fronto Ep. 5, 40 Mai.; Vulg. Job, 7, 19.—B. Transf., of sound, to utter interruptedly, as if swallowing:
cum glutiunt vocem velut strangulati, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33.—II. Trop.:
Christus clamans glutitam mortem, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 267.2. † glutio, īre, the noise made by hens, to cluck; v. † glocidare.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
glūtiō or gluttiō īvī, —, īre
GVOR-, to swallow, gulp, gorge : Epulas, Iu.