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ex-ūro , ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.,
I.to burn out, burn up, consume (class.; syn.: incendo, accendo, inflammo, cremo).
II. Trop.
A. To set on fire, kindle, inflame: “(Venus) volt exurere divos,Tib. 4, 2, 5; cf. Sen. Agam. 665 sq.
B. To consume, destroy: “aliis scelus exuritur igni,Verg. A. 6, 742: “exustus flos veteris ubertatis,dried up, Cic. Brut. 4, 16.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (15):
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.70
    • Plautus, Persa, 4.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.39
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.742
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.107
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.432
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.2
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.917
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 5.410
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 17.56
    • Seneca, Agamemnon, 665
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 19
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.8.5
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.16.7
    • Cicero, Brutus, 4.16
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