LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

exterō

exterō (present infinitive exterere, perfect active extrīvī, supine extrītum)
Classical[ˈɛk.stɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛk.ste.ro]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto rub out, bring out by rubbing; to rub off, rub away
  2. transitiveto tread down, crush
  3. figurativelytransitiveto use up

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exterōexterēbamexteramextrīvīextrīveramextrīverō
2nd sg.exterisexterēbāsexterēsextrīvistīextrīverāsextrīveris
3rd sg.exteritexterēbatexteretextrīvitextrīveratextrīverit
1st pl.exterimusexterēbāmusexterēmusextrīvimusextrīverāmusextrīverimus
2nd pl.exteritisexterēbātisexterētisextrīvistisextrīverātisextrīveritis
3rd pl.exteruntexterēbantexterentextrīvērunt
extrīvēre		extrīverantextrīverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exteramextereremextrīverimextrīvissem
2nd sg.exterāsextererēsextrīverīsextrīvissēs
3rd sg.exteratextereretextrīveritextrīvisset
1st pl.exterāmusextererēmusextrīverīmusextrīvissēmus
2nd pl.exterātisextererētisextrīverītisextrīvissētis
3rd pl.exterantextererentextrīverintextrīvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exterorexterēbarexterar
2nd sg.extereris
exterere		exterēbāris
exterēbāre		exterēris
exterēre
3rd sg.exteriturexterēbāturexterētur
1st pl.exterimurexterēbāmurexterēmur
2nd pl.exteriminīexterēbāminīexterēminī
3rd pl.exterunturexterēbanturexterentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exterarextererer
2nd sg.exterāris
exterāre		extererēris
extererēre
3rd sg.exterāturextererētur
1st pl.exterāmurextererēmur
2nd pl.exterāminīextererēminī
3rd pl.exteranturextererentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.extereexterere
pres. 2nd pl.exteriteexteriminī
fut. 2nd sg.exteritōexteritor
fut. 3rd sg.exteritōexteritor
fut. 2nd pl.exteritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exteruntōexteruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexterereexterī
perfect infinitiveextrīvisseextrītum esse
future infinitiveextrītūrum esseextrītum īrī
present participleexterēns—
perfect participle—extrītus
future participleextrītūrusexterendus
exterundus
gerundexterendī, exterendō, exterendumsupineextrītum, extrītū

ex-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3,
I. to rub out, bring out by rubbing; to remove by rubbing, to rub off or away (rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: extritus viribus ignis, Lucr. 5, 1098: jumentorum ungulis e spica exteruntur grana, Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2: messem, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Col. 2, 9, 11: littera extrita, elided, Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 7: gemma politur ex marmore, ut inutilia exterantur, Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172: opus poliat lima, non exterat, Quint. 10, 4, 4: rubiginem ferro, Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66: congestas exteret ille nives, will tread down, crush, Ov. Am. 1, 9, 12; cf.: anima hominis magno pondere extriti, crushed, Sen. Ep. 57 med.—
II. Trop., to wear out by use, to use up: tabes mercium aut fraus Seplasiae sic exteritur, Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108 Sillig (Jan. taxetur).

Origins

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

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Latin terō Latin exterō From ex- + terō (“to rub, wear away, tread”).

Quick answers

What does exterō mean in Latin?
exterō, a verb, means “to rub out, bring out by rubbing; to rub off, rub away; to tread down, crush”.
What are the principal parts of exterō?
exterō, exterere, extrīvī, extrītum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce exterō?
In classical Latin, [ˈɛk.stɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛk.ste.ro].
Where does exterō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exterō.