ruminor

rūmĭnor, āri, v. dep. a., and (after the Aug. period) rūmĭno, āre, v. n. and a. [rumen], to chew over again, chew the cud, to ruminate.

I.

Lit.

(α).

Neutr.:

bos ruminat,

Col. 6, 6, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; 9, 17, 29, § 62 al.; Vulg. Lev. 11, 26.—

(β).

Act.:

(bos) ruminat herbas,

Verg. E. 6, 54; cf.:

revocatas herbas,

Ov. Am. 3, 5, 17:

epastas herbas,

id. Hal. 119:

escas gutture,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 340.—

II.

Trop., to think over, to muse or ruminate upon (only anteand post-class.; but cf. ruminatio): nemo haec ruminetur mulieri, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 166, 29: ruminabitur humanitatem, [p. 1605] Varr. ap. Non. 166, 27:

Odyssean Homeri ruminari incipis,

id. ib. 480, 24:

ruminaris antiquitates,

id. ib. 480, 23:

dum carmina tua ruminas,

Symm. Ep. 3, 13 fin.