effutio

ef-fūtĭo, no perf., ītum, 4, v. a. [FVTIO, acc. to Prisc. p. 631 P.], to blab out, babble forth, to prate, chatter, utter (class.):

multa ore,

Lucr. 5, 910; so,

aliquid,

Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84; * Hor. A. P. 231; Gell. 5, 1; cf.:

effutita temere (vaticinia),

Cic. Div. 2, 55, 113:

de mundo,

id. N. D. 2, 37, 94.—

II.

Absol.

(α).

To blab, tell secrets: eo perperam olim dixi, ne vos foris effutiretis; and absol., Ter. Ph. 5, 1, 19.—

(β).

To talk idly:

ex tempore,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 31, 88.