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ex-āresco , rŭi, 3,
I.v. inch. n., to dry up, become completely dry (rare, but class.).
I. Lit.: “vestimenta uvida,” Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 20: “frumentum,” Varr. R. R. 1, 32: “silva omnis radicitus,” Suet. Galb. 1: “amnes,” Cic. Pis. 33, 82; id. Div. 1, 19 fin.; cf. fontes, * Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5: “lacus et stagna,” Dig. 41, 1, 12: “lacrimae,” to dry up, Cic. Att. 10, 14.—
II. Trop.: “neque dum exarui ex amoenis rebus et voluptariis,” Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 46: “sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque flos siti veteris ubertatis exaruit,” Cic. Brut. 4, 16: “cum vetustate exaruit opinio,” dried up, extinguished, id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; cf.: “vetus urbanitas,” id. Fam. 7, 31: “facultas orationis,” id. ib. 9, 18, 3.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.31
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 10.14
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 33.82
    • Plautus, Rudens, 2.7
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.49
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 3.1
    • Suetonius, Galba, 1
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.19
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.31
    • Cicero, Brutus, 4.16
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