sternuo

sternuo
sternŭo, ŭi, 3, v. n. and a. [cf. Gr. ptarnusthai, v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 696].
I.
Neutr., to sneeze:

adorare aliquem, cum sternuerit,

Plin. 2, 40, 40, § 107; 28, 6, 15, § 57; 19, 3, 15, § 40 (al. sternuto); Col. 7, 5, 18 Schneid. N. cr.
* B.
Transf., of a light, to sputter, crackle:

sternuit et lumen... sternuit, et nobis prospera signa dedit,

Ov. H. 19, 151 sq. —
II.
Act., to sneeze out, give by sneezing:

omen,

Prop. 2, 3, 24; so,

approbationem,

Cat. 45, 9 and 18.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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