The corpus record — Latin

evomo

evomo · v. a

to spew out

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Where it lives

Apotheosis 2 · 2.7/10k
Adelphi 2 · 2.02/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Peristephanon Liber 2 · 1.14/10k
Hecyra 1 · 1.11/10k
Laelius De Amicitia 1 · 1.07/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
In L. Catilinam 1 · 0.8/10k
De Pudicitia 1 · 0.74/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ē-vŏmo — Lewis & Short

ē-vŏmo, ŭi, ĭtum, 3, v. a.,

I to spew out, vomit forth (class.).

I Lit.: (haec avis scribitur) conchas cum concoxerit, evomere, Cic. N. D. 2, 49; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 2; Tac. A. 12, 67; Vulg. Jonah, 2, 11 al.—

B Transf.: quod (urbs) tantam pestem evomuerit forasque ejecerit, Cic. Cat. 2, 1 fin.: herbas, to put forth, Col. 8, 15, 3: ignes (Vesbius), Sil. 17, 594: pecuniam devoratam, to disgorge, give up, Cic. Pis. 37: Nilus in Aegyptium mare se evomit, discharges itself, empties, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 54.—

II Trop.: virus acerbitatis suae apud aliquem, Cic. Lael. 23, 87: in aliquem orationem ex ore impurissimo, id. Phil. 5, 7, 20: iram in aliquem, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 14; cf. id. ib. 3, 4, 65; id. Hec. 3, 5, 65.

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