LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

excernō

excernō (present infinitive excernere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum)
Classical[ɛksˈkɛr.noː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈt͡ʃɛr.no]

Meaning

  1. to sift out, separate
  2. to keep apart, keep away
  3. to accumulate, proliferate
    Litium series excreverant.A succession of lawsuits had accumulated.
  4. to excrete, carry off, discharge

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.excernōexcernēbamexcernamexcrēvīexcrēveramexcrēverō
2nd sg.excernisexcernēbāsexcernēsexcrēvistīexcrēverāsexcrēveris
3rd sg.excernitexcernēbatexcernetexcrēvitexcrēveratexcrēverit
1st pl.excernimusexcernēbāmusexcernēmusexcrēvimusexcrēverāmusexcrēverimus
2nd pl.excernitisexcernēbātisexcernētisexcrēvistisexcrēverātisexcrēveritis
3rd pl.excernuntexcernēbantexcernentexcrēvērunt
excrēvēre		excrēverantexcrēverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.excernamexcerneremexcrēverimexcrēvissem
2nd sg.excernāsexcernerēsexcrēverīsexcrēvissēs
3rd sg.excernatexcerneretexcrēveritexcrēvisset
1st pl.excernāmusexcernerēmusexcrēverīmusexcrēvissēmus
2nd pl.excernātisexcernerētisexcrēverītisexcrēvissētis
3rd pl.excernantexcernerentexcrēverintexcrēvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.excernorexcernēbarexcernar
2nd sg.excerneris
excernere		excernēbāris
excernēbāre		excernēris
excernēre
3rd sg.excerniturexcernēbāturexcernētur
1st pl.excernimurexcernēbāmurexcernēmur
2nd pl.excerniminīexcernēbāminīexcernēminī
3rd pl.excernunturexcernēbanturexcernentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.excernarexcernerer
2nd sg.excernāris
excernāre		excernerēris
excernerēre
3rd sg.excernāturexcernerētur
1st pl.excernāmurexcernerēmur
2nd pl.excernāminīexcernerēminī
3rd pl.excernanturexcernerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.excerneexcernere
pres. 2nd pl.excerniteexcerniminī
fut. 2nd sg.excernitōexcernitor
fut. 3rd sg.excernitōexcernitor
fut. 2nd pl.excernitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.excernuntōexcernuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexcernereexcernī
perfect infinitiveexcrēvisseexcrētum esse
future infinitiveexcrētūrum esseexcrētum īrī
present participleexcernēns—
perfect participle—excrētus
excrēta, excrētā, excrētae, excrētam, excrētārum, excrētās, excrēte, excrētī, excrētīs, excrētō, excrētōrum, excrētōs
future participleexcrētūrus
excrētūra, excrētūrā, excrētūrae, excrētūram, excrētūrārum, excrētūrās, excrētūre, excrētūrī, excrētūrīs, excrētūrō, excrētūrōrum, excrētūrōs, excrētūrum		excernendus
excernundus, excernenda, excernendā, excernendae, excernendam, excernendārum, excernendās, excernende, excernendīs, excernendōrum, excernendōs
gerundexcernendī, excernendō, excernendumsupineexcrētum, excrētū

ex-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a.,
I. to sift out, to separate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. In gen.: furfures a farina, Col. 8, 4, 1: frumenta, i. e. to cleanse, id. 2, 20, 5; cf.: caementa cribris, Vitr. 7, 6: ex captorum numero excretos Saguntinos in patriam remisit, Liv. 28, 39, 10; cf.: excernere parvos, Grat. Cyneg. 289: omnem forensem turbam excretam in quatuor tribus conjecit, Liv. 9, 46 fin.—Part. perf. subst.: excreta tritici, what is sifted out, the chaff, Col. 8, 4, 1; 8, 8, 6.—
II. In partic.
A. To keep apart, keep away: multi jam excretos prohibent a matribus haedos, Verg. G. 3, 398 Heyne and Forbig. ad loc.—
B. To carry off, discharge (from the body): venter excernit mollia, Cels. 2, 8: quae excreturi sumus, id. 4, 1 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexcernō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *krey-der. Proto-Italic *krinō Latin cernō Latin excernō From ex- (“out of, from”) + cernō (“separate, sift; discern”).

Descendants
  • Englishexcrete
  • Englishexcern
  • Frenchexcréter
  • Frenchécerner
  • Italianescretare
  • Italianscernere
  • Portugueseexcretar
  • Spanishexcretar

Quick answers

What does excernō mean in Latin?
excernō, a verb, means “to sift out, separate; to keep apart, keep away; to accumulate, proliferate”.
What are the principal parts of excernō?
excernō, excernere, excrēvī, excrētum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce excernō?
In classical Latin, [ɛksˈkɛr.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eksˈt͡ʃɛr.no].
Where does excernō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin excernō.