dē-spūmo — Lewis & Short
dē-spūmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I Act.
A To skim off, to skim.
1 Prop.:
undam aeni foliis,Verg. G. 1, 296:
carnem,Plin. 9, 38, 62, § 133:
mel Atticum,Col. 12, 38, 5:
aquam salsam,Pall. Febr. 25, 10.—
2 Transf., to work off, digest wine:
Falernum,Pers. 3, 3; to rub off, polish a pavement:
pavimenti fastigium cote,Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; cf. Vitr. 7, 4; to let blood, to bleed a horse, Veg. A. V. 3, 34, 2 al.—
B To deposit a frothy matter, Luc. 6, 506;
Claud. in Prob. et Olyb. 54: Phoebe suppositas in herbas,Luc. 6, 506; cf.:
despumantes suas confusiones,i. e. expressing by foaming, Vulg. Judae, 13.—
II Neutr., to cease foaming, to slacken, abate:
ut nimius ille fervor despumet,Sen. Ira, 2, 20:
cum aliquid lacrymarum affectus despumaverit,id. Ep. 99, 27:
aetas,id. ib. 68 fin.