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* scătūrex, igis, m. [scaturio], a bubbling or gushing spring, Varr, ap. Non. 172, 27; cf. scaturigines and scatebra.

scătūrīgĭnes, um, f. [scaturio],

  1. I. gushing or bubbling waters, spring-water, Liv. 44, 33; Front. Aquaed. 10: in nigrā (terrā) scaturigines perennes, Plin. 31, 3, 28, § 47.
  2. II. Transf., of other fluids: sanguinis, Amm. 19, 1, 9.

* scătūrīgĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [scaturigines], full of or abounding in springs, springy: terra, i. e. boggy, marshy, Col. 5, 8, 6.

scătūrĭo, īre (imperf. scaturribat, App. M. 4, p. 145, 8), v. n. [scateo], to stream, flow, or gush out (not before the Aug. period, and very rare).

  1. I. Lit.: scaturiens aqua, Pall. 1, 33 fin.: de summo vertice fons scaturribat (i. e. -riebat), App. M. 4, 6, p. 145, 8: oleum de terrā, Ampel. Lib. Mem. 8, § 5.
  2. II. Transf., like scateo.
    1. A. To come forth in great numbers, to swarm, abound: vermiculi, Auct. Priap. 4, 6 fin.: vermes, Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 9.
    2. B. To be full of, filled with, abound in a thing.
      1. 1. Lit.: solum, quod fontibus non scaturiat, Col. 3, 1, 8.
      2. 2. Trop.: (Curio) totus, ut nunc est, hoc scaturit, he is all possessed with it, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 2: aurae scaturientes sermonis, Prud. στεφ. 10, 551.