I.to rub out, bring out by rubbing; to remove by rubbing, to rub off or away (rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “extritus viribus ignis,” Lucr. 5, 1098: “jumentorum ungulis e spica exteruntur grana,” Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2: “messem,” Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Col. 2, 9, 11: “littera extrita,” elided, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 7: “gemma politur ex marmore, ut inutilia exterantur,” Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172: “opus poliat lima, non exterat,” Quint. 10, 4, 4: “rubiginem ferro,” Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66: “congestas exteret ille nives,” will tread down, crush, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 12; cf.: “anima hominis magno pondere extriti,” crushed, Sen. Ep. 57 med.—