I.perf. sync. emostis, Liv. 37, 53 fin.), v. a., to move out, move away, remove (mostly post-Aug.; esp. in Livy; not in Cic. and Caes.).
I. Lit.: “multitudinem e foro,” Liv. 25, 1: “plebem de medio,” id. 6, 38: “legatos curiā,” id. 30, 23; cf.: “milites aedificiis, 27, 3: aliquos senatu,” id. 45, 15; and: “postes cardine,” Verg. A. 2, 493: “Antiochum ultra juga Tauri,” Liv. 37, 53 fin.; 38, 12; 42, 42; 50; cf.: “aliquos cis Vulturnum,” id. 26, 34: labias primores sensim, to protrude, Nigid. ap. Gell. 10, 4, 4: “terram,” to dig out, Col. 3, 13, 10; cf. “solum,” id. 3, 18, 1: “muros fundamentaque,” i. e. to shake, Verg. A. 2, 610; cf. “pontum,” i. e. to stir up, agitate, Sil. 17, 284.—
II. Trop.: SI MORBUS PESTILENTIAQUE EX AGRO ROMANO EMOTA ESSET, an old formula in Liv. 41, 21; cf.: “suum nomen omne ex pectore,” Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 59: curas dictis, to drive away, expel (with pellere dolorem), Verg. A. 6, 382: “mens emota,” disturbed, Sen. ad Polyb. 37, 5.