Respuo, réspuis, réspui, respùtum, pe. pro. respúere. Liu.To refuse: to reiect contemptuously.Aspernari & respuere aliquid. Ci. Respuere aliquid, & pro nihilo putare.Cicer.To reiect and thinke nought worth.Respuere aliquid dicuntur aures, per translationem. Quin. Not to be willing to heart: not to abide to heare.Respuit hoc sapientissimi cuiusque fides. Pli. There is no wise man that wil beleeue it. Respuere auribus hominem. Ci. To be vnwilling to heate a man speake.Conditionem respuere. Cæs. To refuse the offer.Consolationem respuere. Ci. Not to abide to be coniforted.Curam respuere Claud.Imperium respuere. Col. To refuse to obey: to refuse to bee in subiection.Interdictum respuere.Cic.Munera parua respuere. Tibul. To reiect sinal giftes.Frænos respuit equs. Stat.The hors wil not be bridled. Respuit hoc ferri ictum. Plin. This can not be pierced or hurt with an iron toole.Respuere secures dicitur lignum. Pli. When wood is so hard that it wil not be cut.Tela omnia respuit. Lucan. It wil not be pearced with anye weapon.Tergus respuens vulnus. Plin. A backe so hard that it wil not be hurt with any weapon.Humus respuet inuisum cadauer.Ouid. Respuere tela in cum qui miserat. Sen. To cast the dartes backe againe at him that did sling them. Réspuor, respúeris, pe. co. Passiuum, Lucr.
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rē-spŭo, ŭi, 3, v. a., to spit back or out; to discharge by spitting; to cast out, cast off, eject, expel, etc. (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.). I.Lit.: quin etiam gustatus, quam cito id, quod valde dulce est, aspernatur ac respuit, Cic. de Or. 3, 25, 99: quas natura respuerit, id. N. D. 2, 9, 24: lumen per cornum transit, at imber respuitur, Lucr. 2, 389; cf. Quint. 1, 2, 28: liquorem ab se, Vitr. 7, 4; cf.: ferrum ab se (opp. resorbere), Lucr. 6, 1054; 2, 197; cf. Plin. 2, 103, 106, 231; Pall. 1, 33, 2: frenos cum sanguine (equus), Stat. Th. 8, 544: invisum cadaver (humus), Ov. Ib. 170: oleas albas propter amaritudinem respuit palatum, Varr. R. R. 1, 66: respuit aqua limum, Pall. 1, 33, 2: tantum interest repercussum illum (aëra) respuat an excipiat, Plin. 33, 9, 45, 128: respuens securis materia, id. 17, 10, 14, 72; cf.: tela omnia, Luc. 3, 484.— II.Trop., to reject, repel, refuse; to dislike, disapprove, not accept (syn.: reprobo, reicio, repudio): quae nisi respuis ex animo longeque remittis, Lucr. 6, 68: cum id dicat, quod omnium mentes aspernentur ac respuant, Cic. Fat. 20, 47; cf. id. Att. 13, 38 fin.: ratio juris respuat hanc defensionem et pro nihilo putet, id. Caecin. 19, 56; Liv. 42, 14: haec aetas omne quod fieri non potest respuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 10, 19: quos et praesens et postera respuit aetas, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 42: orationem, Cic. Mur. 35, 74 fin.: quo judex dicto moveatur quid respuat, Quint. 6, 4, 19: non respuit Caesar condicionem, Caes. B. G. 1, 42: Caesaris interdicta respuuntur,
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, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1; cf. Liv. 2, 41 fin.: quod respuunt (aures) immutandum est, Cic. Part. Or. 5, 15; Quint. 11, 1, 61; Tac. Or. 9; cf.: nemo civis est, qui vos non oculis fugiat, auribus respuat, animo aspernetur, Cic. Pis. 20, 45: sunt enim qui respuant (consolationem), sed refert quo modo adhibeatur, id. Tusc. 3, 33, 79.—Absol.: quis te tum audiret illorum? respuerent aures, Cic. Planc. 18, 44; Quint. 11, 1, 61; cf.: calcitrat, respuit, Cic. Cael. 15, 36.— (b).Part. pres. with gen.: communium vocum respuens nimis ac fastidiens, Gell. 6, 15, 2.