LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

exscreō

exscreō (present infinitive exscreāre, perfect active exscreāvī, supine exscreātum)
Classical[ˈɛks(ː)kre.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛks.skre.o]

Meaning

  1. ambitransitiveto cough up, to spit out by coughing, hawk
    caules eorum teneri tunduntur exprimiturque sucus, mox sole cogitur in crassitudinem mellis; singulari remedio contra mala oris oculorumque, sanguinem exscreantes, anginas, vulvas, sedes, coeliacos intellegitur potus aut inlitus.77 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Naturalis Historia 24.73
    In certando vero ita legi oboediebat, ut numquam exscreare ausus sudorem quoque frontis brachio detegeret;[…]121 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum Vita Neronis 24

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exscreōexscreābamexscreābōexscreāvīexscreāveramexscreāverō
2nd sg.exscreāsexscreābāsexscreābisexscreāvistīexscreāverāsexscreāveris
3rd sg.exscreatexscreābatexscreābitexscreāvitexscreāveratexscreāverit
1st pl.exscreāmusexscreābāmusexscreābimusexscreāvimusexscreāverāmusexscreāverimus
2nd pl.exscreātisexscreābātisexscreābitisexscreāvistisexscreāverātisexscreāveritis
3rd pl.exscreantexscreābantexscreābuntexscreāvērunt
exscreāvēre
exscreāverantexscreāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exscreemexscreāremexscreāverimexscreāvissem
2nd sg.exscreēsexscreārēsexscreāverīsexscreāvissēs
3rd sg.exscreetexscreāretexscreāveritexscreāvisset
1st pl.exscreēmusexscreārēmusexscreāverīmusexscreāvissēmus
2nd pl.exscreētisexscreārētisexscreāverītisexscreāvissētis
3rd pl.exscreentexscreārentexscreāverintexscreāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exscreorexscreābarexscreābor
2nd sg.exscreāris
exscreāre
exscreābāris
exscreābāre
exscreāberis
exscreābere
3rd sg.exscreāturexscreābāturexscreābitur
1st pl.exscreāmurexscreābāmurexscreābimur
2nd pl.exscreāminīexscreābāminīexscreābiminī
3rd pl.exscreanturexscreābanturexscreābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exscreerexscreārer
2nd sg.exscreēris
exscreēre
exscreārēris
exscreārēre
3rd sg.exscreēturexscreārētur
1st pl.exscreēmurexscreārēmur
2nd pl.exscreēminīexscreārēminī
3rd pl.exscreenturexscreārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exscreāexscreāre
pres. 2nd pl.exscreāteexscreāminī
fut. 2nd sg.exscreātōexscreātor
fut. 3rd sg.exscreātōexscreātor
fut. 2nd pl.exscreātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exscreantōexscreantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexscreāreexscreārī
perfect infinitiveexscreāvisseexscreātum esse
future infinitiveexscreātūrum esseexscreātum īrī
present participleexscreāns—
perfect participle—exscreātus
exscreāta, exscreātā, exscreātae, exscreātam, exscreātārum, exscreātās, exscreātī, exscreātōrum, exscreātōs
future participleexscreātūrus
exscreātūra, exscreātūrā, exscreātūrae, exscreātūram, exscreātūrārum, exscreātūrās, exscreātūre, exscreātūrī, exscreātūrīs, exscreātūrō, exscreātūrōrum, exscreātūrōs, exscreātūrum
exscreandus
exscreanda, exscreandā, exscreandae, exscreandam, exscreandārum, exscreandās, exscreande, exscreandīs, exscreandōrum, exscreandōs
gerundexscreandī, exscreandō, exscreandumsupineexscreātum, exscreātū

ex-scrĕo (excr-), āre, v. a.,
I. to hawk or cough up, to spit out by coughing: per tussim exscreatur, si tolerabilis morbus est, pituita; si gravis, sanguis, Cels. 4, 6: pura, Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 145.—Absol.: age, age, usque excrea, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 27: numquam exscreare ausus, Suet. Ner. 24; Ov. H. 21, 24.

Origins

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

Latin ex- Latin screō Latin exscreō From ex- + screō.

Borrowings
  • Italianescreare
  • Englishexcreate
Italo-Romance
  • Italianscreare

Quick answers

What does exscreō mean in Latin?
exscreō, a verb, means “to cough up, to spit out by coughing, hawk”.
What are the principal parts of exscreō?
exscreō, exscreāre, exscreāvī, exscreātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce exscreō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛks(ː)kre.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛks.skre.o].
Where does exscreō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exscreō.