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exĭtus , ūs, m. exeo,
I.a going out or forth, egress, departure (class., esp. in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: “reditum mihi gloriosum injuria tua dedit, non exitum calamitosum,Cic. Par. 4, 29: “omni exitu et pabulatione interclusi,Caes. B. G. 7, 44 fin.: “exitum sibi parere,id. B. C. 3, 69, 3.—In plur.: “singulorum hominum occultos exitus asservare,Caes. B. C. 1, 21, 4; 1, 25, 4. —Of things: “introitusque elementis redditus exstat,Lucr. 6, 494: “exitus ut classi felix faustusque daretur,a setting sail, departure, id. 1, 100: “amnis,a flowing out, discharge, id. 6, 727: animaï (i. e. venti), a bursting or rushing out, id. 6, 586; cf. Quint. 1, 11, 7.—
B. Transf., concr., way of egress, outlet, passage: “exitum non habent, ac pervium non est,Varr. L. L. 5, § 145 Müll.: “cum angusto portarum exitu se ipsi premerent,Caes. B. G. 7, 28, 3: “in exitu paludis,mouth, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 226: “cibi,vent, id. 11, 34, 40, § 116 et saep.: “si de multis nullus placet exitus,Juv. 6, 33.—In plur.: “insula undique exitus maritimos habet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 75, § 185: “septem exitus e domo fecerat,Liv. 39, 51, 5; Col. 6, 30, 8: “alvorum,Plin. 21, 14, 48, § 82 et saep.
II. Trop.
A. A way out, an end, close, conclusion, termination (syn.: eventus, eventum).
1. In gen.: “hujus orationis difficilius est exitum quam principium invenire,end, close, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 3; cf.: quemadmodum expediam exitum hujus institutae orationis, non reperio, id. Fam. 3, 12, 2: “exitus fuit orationis,Caes. B. G. 4, 8, 1: “ut tragici poëtae, cum explicare argumenti exitum non potestis, confugitis ad deum,Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 53: “adducta ad exitum quaestio est,id. Tusc. 5, 6, 15; cf.: “ad exitum pervenire,id. Fam. 10, 22, 2; id. Or. 33, 116: “ita magnarum initia rerum celerem et facilem exitum habuerunt,Caes. B. C. 3, 22 fin.: “verba quae casus habent in exitu similes,at the end, Cic. Or. 49, 164; cf. “in the foll.: fugam quaerebamus omnes, quae ipsa exitum non habebat,end, aim, id. Phil. 5, 16, 42: “hinc omne principium, huc refer exitum,Hor. C. 3, 6, 6 et saep.: “in exitu est meus consulatus,Cic. Mur. 37, 80; cf.: in exitu jam annus erat Liv. 35, 10, 1: “superioris anni,id. 30, 26, 2: “veris,Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 170: “oppugnationis,Caes. B. C. 3, 9, 8: “mimi, fabulae,the catastrophe, conclusion, Cic. Cael. 27, 65: “vitae,end of life, latter end, Nep. Eum. 13; cf.: “vitae mortisque,Vell. 2, 7, 1.—In plur.: “tristes exitus habuit consulatus,Cic. Brut. 34, 128: eae causae sunt plenissimae, quae plurimos exitus dant ad ejusmodi degressionem, outlets, i. e. opportunities, id. de Or. 2, 77, 312: habent exitus aut in a aut in e, etc., Varr. L. L. 10, § 62 Müll.—
B. Issue, result, event, i. q. eventus: “si mihi alterutrum de eventu atque exitu rerum promittendum est,Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5: “in unum exitum spectare,id. de Or. 1, 20, 92: “videtur ad exitum venisse quaestio,id. Tusc. 5, 7, 18; id. Fin. 2, 1, 3: “neque exitum legis esse in meretrice publicanda,” i. e. the law would be without proper effect, id. Inv. 2, 40, 118, v. the context: “de exitu rerum sentire,Caes. B. G. 7, 52 fin.: “incerto etiam nunc exitu victoriae,id. ib. 7, 62, 6: “de exitu fortunarum suarum consultabant,id. ib. 7, 77, 1; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 3; and: “prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus,events, Hor. C. 3, 29, 29: ut quae rei publicae polliceremur, exitu praestaremus, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 3: “exitum rei imponere,Liv. 37, 19, 1: “quaestiones ad exitum perductae,id. 40, 19, 10: “ad exitum spei pervenire,accomplishment, id. 5, 12, 4; so, “serae exitum spei exspectare,id. 5, 6, 2: “sine exitu esse,without result, id. 32, 40, 3.—In plur.: “fortasse haec omnia meliores habebunt exitus,Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 6: “quae (responsa haruspicum) aut nullos habuerint exitus aut contrarios,id. Div. 2, 24, 52: “Liber vota bonos ducit ad exitus,Hor. C. 4, 8, 34; cf.: “(fortuna) Belli secundos reddidit exitus,id. ib. 4, 14, 38.—Prov.: “exitus acta probat,the event justifies the deed, Ov. H. 2, 85.
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