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exactĭo , ōnis, f. exigo. *
I. A driving out, expelling: “(regum),” Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37 (perh. only on account of the preceding exactis regibus).—
II. A demanding, exacting, requisition.
A. In gen.: “in exhibendis operariis,” Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 8: “quotidiana, operis,” Col. 11, 1, 26.—Hence, the supervision, conduct of a public work; cf. “exactor, II. A.: operum publicorum,” Cic. Dom. 20, 51.—Far more freq.,
B. In partic., a calling in, collecting of debts, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. Leg. 2, 20, 51; Liv. 38, 38; Dig. 42, 8, 24: “vectigalium,” Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 28 et saep.—
2. Transf., a tax, tribute, impost: “acerbissima capitum atque ostiorum,” poll and hearth tax, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: publicae, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32; cf. “illicitae,” Tac. A. 13, 51; and: exactionum coactor (pater Horatii), Suet. Vita Hor.—
III. A finishing, completion, Vitr. 3, 1; 6, 11; Aus. Idyll. 11, 5.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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