sweat (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.2. hūmor ex corporeII. Fig. • sweat (subs.): I. Lit.: sūdor, ōris, m.: there is no such thing as s. except from a body, non sudor, nisi e corpore est, Cic. Div. 2, 27, 58: to drip with s., sudore manare, ib. 1, 34, 74: a cold s., s. frigidus, Ov. M. 5, 632: s. gelidus, Virg. Aen. 3, 175: the s. pours down in streams, sudor fluit undique rivis, ib. 5, 200: to catch a chill after being in a s., ex sudore cohorrescere, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6. 2. hūmor ex corpore: Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 171: v. perspiration: to be in a s., sudore madere, Petr. 6: sūdare. Phr. a garment saturated with s., vestis sudata, Quint. 11, 2, 23: v. to sweat. II. Fig.: toil: sūdor: lăbor: v. toil, labour.