I. In gen., foam, froth, scum, spume from the mouth; of the sea; in boiling, etc. (class.; used alike in sing. and plur.): spiritus (equi) ex animā calidā spumas agit albas, foams, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 507 Vahl.): “vi morbi coactus Concidit et spumas agit,” Lucr. 3, 489; cf.: “cum spumas ageret in ore,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 66, § 148; Ov. M. 3, 74: “per armos Spuma (apri) fluit,” id. ib. 8, 288: “Venus altera spuma procreata,” Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59; cf. Ov. M. 4, 538: “spumas salis aere ruebant,” Verg. A. 1, 35: “lac spumis stridentibus albet,” Ov. Am. 3, 5, 13: “sanguinis,” id. M. 8, 417; 7, 263: “equi,” Plin. 28, 11, 48, § 174: “cochleae,” id. 29, 6, 37, § 116; Col. 7, 5, 19; “of men,” Lucr. 6, 793.—
II. In partic., silver-spume, litharge of silver: “argenti,” Plin. 33, 6, 34, § 102 sq.; 34, 18, 54, § 176: spuma caustica, a pomade used by the Teutones for dyeing the hair red, Mart. 14, 26; “called also spuma Batava,” id. 8, 33, 20: “nitri,” Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 112.
