verb intransitive

scătūrĭo

2nd PP scătūrīre · conj. 4th

to stream; flow; gush out

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).

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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.—

by extension

Transf., like scateo.

To come forth in great numbers; to swarm; abound •

To come forth in great numbers, to swarm, abound: vermiculi, Auct. Priap. 4, 6 fin.: vermes, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 9.—

To be full of; filled with; abound in

To be full of, filled with, abound in a thing.

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Lit.: solum, quod fontibus non scaturiat, Col. 3, 1, 8.—

he is all possessed with it figuratively

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.

Perseus ID: n42902 Key: scaturio