Lewis & Short

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sălīvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [saliva].

  1. * I. To spit out, discharge, yield: lentorem cujusdam cerae (purpurae), Plin. 9, 36, 60, § 125.
  2. II. In veterinary lang., to salivate, cure by salivation: aegrotum pecus, vaccam, admissarium, Col. 6, 5, 2; 6, 7, 9; 5, 24, 5; 6, 37, 9; pass., Pall. Apr. 7.
    Hence, să-līvātum, i, n. (acc. to II.), a medicine employed to excite the flow of saliva, Col. 6, 10, 1; Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101; Veg. 3, 2, 25.