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ex-ulcĕro , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to make sore, to cause to suppurate or ulcerate (class.).
I. Lit.: “pulices solent ea (sc. aures al.) exulcerare,” Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 14: “cutem,” Cels. 4, 16: “ventrem,” id. 3, 21 med.: “vulvas,” Col. 7, 9, 5: “stomachum,” Plin. 28, 13, 54, § 196: “cicatrices,” id. 27, 12, 90, § 112: “panos nondum exulceratos,” id. 23, 2, 32, § 66.—Absol.: “omnis agitatio exulcerat,” Cels. 4, 15.—
II. Trop., to make worse, to exasperate, aggravate (syn.: corrumpo, perturbo): “ea, quae sanare nequeunt, exulcerant,” Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 303: “gratiam (opp. conciliare),” id. Brut. 42, 156: in rebus ab ipso rege clam exulceratis, id. Fam. 1, 1, 4: “dolorem,” Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 1: “ut in exulcerato animo facile fictum crimen insideret,” Cic. Deiot. 3, 8: “ira exulcerati animi,” Liv. 9, 14, 9.
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 (12):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.1.4
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 3.8
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.75
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 23.66
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.112
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 1.12.1
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.15
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 14
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.21
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.9.5
    • Cicero, Brutus, 42.156
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