exerceō uī, itus, ēre
ex + arceo,
to drive, keep busy, keep at work, oversee, work, agitate
: taures, V.: te
exercebo hodie,
keep agoing
, T.: (Maeandros) Incertas exercet
aquas, O.: vomere collīs,
V.: rura bubus, H.: humum in messem, V.: agros, Ta.: telas (aranea),
O.: arva exercenda, Ta.: undas Exercet Auster, H.: diem, i. e.
employ in labor
, V.—Fig.,
to engage busily, occupy, employ, exercise, train, discipline
: quid te exercuit Pammenes? copias,
Cs.: exercendae memoriae gratiā: in bello alqm:
in gramineis membra palaestris, V.: vocem et
virīs in hoc: Litibus linguas, O.: exerceri in venando: se in his dictionibus: se genere venationis,
Cs.: cui (Iovi) se exercebit,
in whose honor
: ceteris in campo exercentibus: exercendi
consuetudo,
of exercising ourselves
: pueros exercendi causā producere,
L.—
To practise, follow, exercise, employ oneself about, make use of, ply
: medicinae exercendae causā: artem,
H.: palaestras, V.: arma, V.: vanos in aëra
morsūs, O.: acies
pueriles,
mock fights
, Iu. —
To follow up, follow out, prosecute, carry into effect, practise,
administer
: iudicium: latam legem, L.: imperia, V.: cum illo
inimicitias, S.: odium in prole,
O.: facilitatem animi: avaritiam in socios,
L.: acerrume victoriam nobilitatis in
plebem, S.: foede victoriam in captis,
L.: odium, O.: pacem et hymenaeos,
solemnize
, V. —
To disturb, disquiet, vex, plague
: me vehementer: te exercent numinis irae,
V.: animos hominum, S.: simultates et exercuerunt eum et ipse exercuit eas,
L.: toto exerceor anno, O.: curis exercita corpora, O.
