The corpus record — Latin

glūtĭo

glūtĭo · v. a

to swallow

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What it meant

glūtĭo — Lewis & Short

glūtĭo or gluttio, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.kindr. with Sanscr. glri, to swallow down; hence also gula and the redupl. gurgulio,

I to swallow or gulp down: gluttit, e)gka/ptei, Gloss. (mostly post-Aug.).

I Lit.: nimio sunt crudae (collyrae), nisi quas madidas gluttias, Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 15: epulas, Juv. 4, 29: micularum minimum cum vino destillatum gluttivi, Fronto Ep. 5, 40 Mai.; Vulg. Job, 7, 19.—

B Transf., of sound, to utter interruptedly, as if swallowing: cum glutiunt vocem velut strangulati, Plin. 10, 12, 15, § 33.—

II Trop.: Christus clamans glutitam mortem, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 267.

2 † glutio, īre, the noise made by hens, to cluck; v. † glocidare.

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