verb transitive

ēmungo

2nd PP ē-mungere · 3rd PP ē-mungnxi · 4th PP ē-mungnctum · conj. 3rd

(perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti)

to wipe; blow the nose

to wipe or blow the nose.

mid •

Lit.: se, Auct. Her. 4, 54; Auct. ap. Suet. Vit. Hor.—Also mid.: ut neque spuerent neque emungerentur, Varr. ap. Non. 481, 18: emungeris, Juv. 6, 147.—

by extension

clean-nosed; of nice discernment; keen in general •

In gen.: tu ut oculos emungare ex capite per nasum tuos, i. e. that your eyes may be knocked out, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 39: Aesopus naris emunctae senex, clean-nosed, i. e. of nice discernment, keen, acute, Phaedr. 3, 3, 14; so, emunctae naris (Lucilius), Hor. S. 1, 4, 8; cf.: limati quidam (Attici) et emuncti, i. e. fine, delicate, Quint. 12, 10, 17.—

to cheat in particular •

In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. ἀπομύσσειν (v. Lidd. and Scott sub h. v.), to cheat one out of his money: auro emunctus, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; cf.: emunxi argento senes, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 1; Lucil. ap. Non. 36, 19; and simply, aliquem, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 50; id. Ep. 3, 4, 58; id. Most. 5, 1, 60 sq.; Poëta ap. Cic. Lael. 26, 99; Hor. A. P. 238.

Perseus ID: n15716 Key: emungo