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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + spūmō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēspūmō (present infinitive dēspūmāre, perfect active dēspūmāvī, supine dēspūmātum); first conjugation
- to skim (off) (froth)
- to settle (stop frothing)
Conjugation
References
- “despumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “despumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- despumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.