eruption Copy link Outline I. Of a volcano1. ēruptio (ignium)2. conflāgrātio [e. g. Vesevi montis], Suet. Tit. 8, med.3. incendium [e. g. Vesevi]II. Of the skin2. pustŭla., pūsŭla3. scăbies., ēi (any rough cutaneous disease) • eruption: I. Of a volcano: 1. ēruptio (ignium): an e. of Mt. Etna, e. Aetnaeorum ignium, Cic. N. D. 2, 38, init. 2. conflāgrātio [e. g. Vesevi montis], Suet. Tit. 8, med. 3. incendium [e. g. Vesevi]: Gierig. pref. Plin. Ep. 6, 16. Phr.: before the e. of Mt. Vesuvius altered the face of the neighbourhood, antequam Vesuvius mons ardescens faciem loci verteret, Tac. A. 4, 67: during an e. of Mt. Vesuvius, flagrante Vesevo, Suet.: Plin.; erumpentibus ignibus ex vertice Vesevi, cf. Cic. Verr. 4, 48., 106. II. Of the skin: ēruptio: in this sense usu. pl.: e.s on the bodies of children, eruptiones in corpore infantium, Plin. 2. pustŭla., pūsŭla: v. pimple. 3. scăbies., ēi (any rough cutaneous disease): v. mange, itch. Phr.: to cure e.s on the head, erumpentia in capite curare, Plin. N. H. 20, 9, 40.