verb
scătūrĭo
Meaning
- to stream
scătūrĭo, īre (
I. imperf. scaturribat, App. M. 4, p. 145, 8), v. n. scateo, to stream, flow, or gush out (not before the Aug. period, and very rare).
I. Lit.:
scaturiens aqua, Pall. 1, 33 fin.: de summo vertice fons scaturribat (i. e. -riebat), App. M. 4, 6, p. 145, 8: oleum de terrā, Ampel. Lib. Mem. 8, § 5.—II. Transf., like scateo.
A. To come forth in great numbers, to swarm, abound:
vermiculi, Auct. Priap. 4, 6 fin.: vermes, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 9.—B. To be full of, filled with, abound in a thing.
1. Lit.:
solum, quod fontibus non scaturiat, Col. 3, 1, 8.—2. Trop.: (Curio) totus, ut nunc est, hoc scaturit, he is all possessed with it, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: aurae scaturientes sermonis, Prud. στεφ. 10, 551.