verb transitive intransitive #2983

vŏmo

2nd PP vŏmere · 3rd PP vŏmŭi · 4th PP vŏmĭtum · conj. 3rd

[Sanscr. vām-ami, vomit; Gr. ἐμέω; root ϝεμ].

to puke; spew; throw up intransitive

Neutr., to puke, spew, throw up, vomit (a common method among the Romans of renewing the appetite).

cum vomere post cenam te velle dixisses, Cic. Dejot. 7, 21; id. Phil. 2, 25,… literal ••

Lit.: cum vomere post cenam te velle dixisses, Cic. Dejot. 7, 21; id. Phil. 2, 25, 63; Cels. 1, 3; Suet. Vit. 13; id. Claud. 21: in mensam, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 23.—With a homogeneous object: vomitum, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 27.—Impers. pass.: ab horā tertiā bibebatur, ludebatur, vomebatur, Cic. Phil. 2, 41, 104.—

to pour forth; empty; discharges itself by extension

Transf., in gen., to pour forth, empty: quā largius vomit (Padus), discharges itself into the sea, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 119.—

to throw up; discharge by vomiting; to vomit up; forth active

Act., to throw up or discharge by vomiting; to vomit up or forth (cf.: eructo, nauseo).

sanguinem, Plin. 26, 13, 84, § 136: paene intestina sua, Petr. 66.— literal •

Lit.: sanguinem, Plin. 26, 13, 84, § 136: paene intestina sua, Petr. 66.—

to vomit forth; to throw; pour out in abundance; to emit by extension ••

Transf., in gen., to vomit forth, i. e. to throw or pour out in abundance; to emit, discharge (poet.): (Charybdis) vomit fluctus totidem totidemque resorbet, Ov. H. 12, 125: undam, Verg. G. 2, 462: fumum, id. A. 5, 682: geminas flammas, id. ib. 8, 681: mel (apes), Petr. 56: vitam, to breathe out, Lucr. 6, 828; so, animam, Verg. A. 9, 349: argentum, to give up, Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 10: armataeque vomunt stridentia tela fenestrae, Stat. Th. 10, 536: pinguem nebulam vomuere lucernae, Pers. 5, 181.

Perseus ID: n51379 Key: vomo