ē-mungo — Lewis & Short
ē-mungo, nxi, nctum, 3 (
I perf. sync. emunxti, Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 60, followed by emunxisti), v. a., to wipe or blow the nose.
I 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.—
II Transf.
A 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.—
B In partic., in the comic writers like the Gr. a)pomu/ssein (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.