I.to burn out, burn up, consume (class.; syn.: incendo, accendo, inflammo, cremo).
I. Lit.: “illic oculos exuram lampadibus ardentibus,” Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86; 88: “fores,” id. Pers. 4, 4, 20: “domi suae vivus exustus est,” Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 70: “vicos complures,” id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5: “classem Argivum,” Verg. A. 1, 39.—
B. Transf., to dry up: “loca exusta solis ardoribus,” Sall. J. 19, 6: “paludem,” Verg. G. 3, 432: “lacus,” Phaedr. 1, 6, 7: “agrum,” Verg. G. 1, 107: “res exustae torrentibus auris,” Lucr. 5, 410: “caseum (sol),” Col. 7, 8, 5: “segetem,” Plin. 17, 9, 7, § 56: “aliquem (sitis),” Lucr. 3, 917; Curt. 4, 16, 7: “Pyrrhus Italiam bellis saevissimis exurens,” laying waste, devastating, Amm. 21, 1.—
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.
