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ex-tĕro , trīvi, trītum, 3,
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.
II. Trop., to wear out by use, to use up: “tabes mercium aut fraus Seplasiae sic exteritur,Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108 Sillig (Jan. taxetur).
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