gluttio

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