ructo

ructo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. ( dep. collat. form, ructor, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3:

ructatur,

Hor. A. P. 457: ructaretur, Cic. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 263 Müll.) [rugo, whence ructus, erugo, eructo], to belch, eructate (class).

I.

Lit.

a.

Neutr.:

ructare alicui in os,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 9:

cui ructare turpe est,

Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 63; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 100; id. Fam. 12, 25, 4:

numquam exspuisse, numquam ructasse,

Plin. 7, 19, 18, § 80:

si bene ructavit,

Juv. 3, 107.—

b.

Act., to belch up a thing: aves hospitales, i. e. to have the taste of them in one ' s mouth, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3:

acida,

Plin. 20, 17, 68, § 176:

glandem,

Juv. 6, 10:

partem exiguam cenae,

id. 4, 31:

aprum,

Mart. 9, 49, 8:

cruorem,

Sil. 2, 685; 15, 435.—

B.

Transf.:

fumum (terra),

i. e. to send forth, emit, Pall. Aug. 8, 7.—

II.

Trop., in a contemptuous sense, to belch out, give out, utter (cf. evomo):

versus,

Hor. A. P. 457: propinquitates semideum, i. e. to have in one ' s mouth, be always talking about them, Sid. Carm. 23, 252:

potor Mosellae Tiberim ructas,

though a Gaul, you speak like a Roman, Sid. Ep. 4, 17.