LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

exanimō

exanimō (present infinitive exanimāre, perfect active exanimāvī, supine exanimātum)
Classical[ɛkˈsa.nɪ.moː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzaː.ni.mo]
exanimātus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to deprive of air or wind; deflate; weaken, exhaust
  2. to deprive of life, kill, wear out
  3. to be out of breath, be weakened or be exhausted
  4. to be deprived of life, be killed, or be dead
  5. figurativelyto deprive of spirit or life; to deprive of breath, to wind, make breathless or take one’s breath away; to alarm, stun, or terrify greatly; to agitate or trouble
    Ōrātiō haec mē miseram exanimāvit metū.This speech has frightened wretched me to death with fear; or, What he’s saying has got poor me breathless with dreadful anticipation, etc.166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 251

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sine spīritū, fessus
breathless, exhausted
exanimātus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico II, ch. 6
mortuō; anima corpus relīquit
breathless, exhausted
exanimātus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 14

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exanimōexanimābamexanimābōexanimāvīexanimāveramexanimāverō
exanimārō
2nd sg.exanimāsexanimābāsexanimābisexanimāvistī
exanimāstī
exanimāverās
exanimārās
exanimāveris
3rd sg.exanimatexanimābatexanimābitexanimāvitexanimāverat
exanimārat
exanimāverit
exanimārit
1st pl.exanimāmusexanimābāmusexanimābimusexanimāvimusexanimāverāmusexanimāverimus
exanimārimus
2nd pl.exanimātisexanimābātisexanimābitisexanimāvistis
exanimāstis
exanimāverātis
exanimārātis
exanimāveritis
exanimāritis
3rd pl.exanimantexanimābantexanimābuntexanimāvērunt
exanimāvēre, exanimārunt
exanimāverant
exanimārant
exanimāverint
exanimārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exanimemexanimāremexanimāverim
exanimārim
exanimāvissem
exanimāssem
2nd sg.exanimēsexanimārēsexanimāverīsexanimāvissēs
exanimāssēs
3rd sg.exanimetexanimāretexanimāverit
exanimārit
exanimāvisset
exanimāsset
1st pl.exanimēmusexanimārēmusexanimāverīmus
exanimārīmus
exanimāvissēmus
exanimāssēmus
2nd pl.exanimētisexanimārētisexanimāverītis
exanimārītis
exanimāvissētis
exanimāssētis
3rd pl.exanimentexanimārentexanimāverint
exanimārint
exanimāvissent
exanimāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exanimorexanimābarexanimābor
2nd sg.exanimāris
exanimāre
exanimābāris
exanimābāre
exanimāberis
exanimābere
3rd sg.exanimāturexanimābāturexanimābitur
1st pl.exanimāmurexanimābāmurexanimābimur
2nd pl.exanimāminīexanimābāminīexanimābiminī
3rd pl.exanimanturexanimābanturexanimābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exanimerexanimārer
2nd sg.exanimēris
exanimēre
exanimārēris
exanimārēre
3rd sg.exanimēturexanimārētur
1st pl.exanimēmurexanimārēmur
2nd pl.exanimēminīexanimārēminī
3rd pl.exanimenturexanimārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exanimāexanimāre
pres. 2nd pl.exanimāteexanimāminī
fut. 2nd sg.exanimātōexanimātor
fut. 3rd sg.exanimātōexanimātor
fut. 2nd pl.exanimātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exanimantōexanimantor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexanimāreexanimārī
perfect infinitiveexanimāvisse
exanimāsse
exanimātum esse
future infinitiveexanimātūrum esseexanimātum īrī
present participleexanimāns—
perfect participle—exanimātus
exanimāta, exanimātā, exanimātae, exanimātam, exanimātārum, exanimātās, exanimātī, exanimātōrum, exanimātōs
future participleexanimātūrus
exanimātūra, exanimātūrā, exanimātūrae, exanimātūram, exanimātūrārum, exanimātūrās, exanimātūre, exanimātūrī, exanimātūrīs, exanimātūrō, exanimātūrōrum, exanimātūrōs, exanimātūrum
exanimandus
exanimanda, exanimandā, exanimandae, exanimandam, exanimandārum, exanimandās, exanimande, exanimandīs, exanimandōrum, exanimandōs
gerundexanimandī, exanimandō, exanimandumsupineexanimātum, exanimātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1)
to run till one is out of breath.
metus aliquem exanimat (Mil. 24. 65)
a man is paralysed with fear.

ex-ănĭmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. To deprive of air or wind.
A. Lit.: folles, i. e. to press together, so as to force out the air, Auct. Aetnae, 560.—
B. Transf. (in pass.), to be out of breath, weakened, exhausted: simul fore ut duplicato cursu Caesaris milites exanimarentur et lassitudine conficerentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 92, 2: milites cursu ac lassitudine exanimati, id. B. G. 2, 23, 1; 3, 19, 1; Plaut. As. 2, 1, 17; id. Cas. 3, 5, 8; 3, 3, 10.—
b. Of impers. or abstr. things, to be weakened: (vini faex) celerrime exanimatur loco non incluso condita, loses its strength, Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 64: nolo verba exiliter exanimata exire, with feeble breath, i. e. lifeless, tame, Cic. de Or. 3, 11, 41.—
II. To deprive of life, to kill (freq. and class.).
A. Lit.: telum saepe nocentes Praeterit exanimatque indignos, Lucr. 2, 1104: aliquem, id. 6, 243; Suet. Aug. 29; Curt. 7, 3; Hor. C. 2, 17, 1; cf.: se taxo, Caes. B. G. 6, 31 fin.—
b. In pass., to be deprived of life, be killed, to die: (Epaminondas) cum gravi vulnere exanimari se videret, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; cf. Nep. Epam. 9 fin.; so Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; Caes. B. G. 6, 16, 4; Suet. Caes. 39 fin. al.; cf. in the part. perf.: exanimatus, killed, dead, Lucr. 6, 1256 (with exanimis); Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 6; 7, 25, 2 and 3; Liv. 9, 1; 25, 7; 22, 7 fin. al. —
B. Trop., to deprive of life or spirit, to alarm or terrify greatly, to put out of one's senses with fright, horror, etc.; to agitate, trouble: vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5: oratio haec me miseram exanimavit metu, Ter. And. 1, 5, 16; cf.: te metus exanimant judiciorum atque legum, Cic. Par. 2, 18: Decius torpidos somno insuper pavore exanimat, Liv. 7, 36: adolescentulus sic initio accusationis exanimatus sum, ut, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 121: me exanimant et interimunt hae voces Milonis, id. Mil. 34, 93: Tulliae meae morbus et imbecillitas corporis me exanimat, id. Att. 11, 6, 4: cur me querelis exanimas (= conturbas, summo maerore afficis) tuis? Hor. C. 2, 17, 1; cf. id. S. 1, 4, 127; id. Ep. 2, 1, 178 et saep.—In the part. perf.: exanimata metu, Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 32; cf. Cic. Mil. 23; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77; id. Cat. 4, 2: non me fefellit, sensi; eo exanimatus fui, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 64; id. Ps. 1, 1, 7; Ter. And. 1, 1, 104; id. Phorm. 5, 1, 5; Verg. A. 5, 805; Stat. Th. 4, 760 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Italic*eks
  3. Latinexanimō

Latin ex- Latin animō Latin exanimō From ex- (“out of, from”) + animō (“fill with breath or air; enliven, animate”).

Descendants
  • Englishexanimate
  • Italianesanimare

Quick answers

What does exanimō mean in Latin?
exanimō, a verb, means “to deprive of air or wind; deflate; weaken, exhaust”.
What are the principal parts of exanimō?
exanimō, exanimāre, exanimāvī, exanimātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce exanimō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈsa.nɪ.moː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈzaː.ni.mo].
Where does exanimō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exanimō.