verbthird conjugation
exuō
exuō (present infinitive exuere, perfect active exuī, supine exūtum)
Classical[ˈɛk.su.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛk.su.o]
Meaning
- to extract, take out, draw out, pull off
- to free
- to take off (clothes, shoes); doff
manticam meam umerō exuō
I take off my sack from my shoulderc. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18 - to refuse
- figurativelyput off, away, or out; take or strip off or away; remove; free from; lay or set aside
[...] Miserēre domus lābentis, et istam — ōrō, sī quis adhūc precibus locus — exue mentem.
“Take pity on a house that is falling, and that [plan of yours] — I beg [you], if yet there is any place for prayers — put [it] out of your mind.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.318–319
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
(mīlitiā) prīvōexuō -ere, exūtus — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 9
vestem dētrahō (opp. induō)exuō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 25
vestem dētrahōexuō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 21
vestem pōnō; dēpōnōexuō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 4, 18
strip off
exuō -ere — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exuō | exuēbam | exuam | exuī | exueram | exuerō |
| 2nd sg. | exuis | exuēbās | exuēs | exuistī | exuerās | exueris |
| 3rd sg. | exuit | exuēbat | exuet | exuit | exuerat | exuerit |
| 1st pl. | exuimus | exuēbāmus | exuēmus | exuimus | exuerāmus | exuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | exuitis | exuēbātis | exuētis | exuistis | exuerātis | exueritis |
| 3rd pl. | exuunt | exuēbant | exuent | exuērunt exuēre | exuerant | exuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exuam | exuerem | exuerim | exuissem |
| 2nd sg. | exuās | exuerēs | exuerīs | exuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | exuat | exueret | exuerit | exuisset |
| 1st pl. | exuāmus | exuerēmus | exuerīmus | exuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | exuātis | exuerētis | exuerītis | exuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | exuant | exuerent | exuerint | exuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exuor | exuēbar | exuar |
| 2nd sg. | exueris exuere | exuēbāris exuēbāre | exuēris exuēre |
| 3rd sg. | exuitur | exuēbātur | exuētur |
| 1st pl. | exuimur | exuēbāmur | exuēmur |
| 2nd pl. | exuiminī | exuēbāminī | exuēminī |
| 3rd pl. | exuuntur | exuēbantur | exuentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | exuar | exuerer |
| 2nd sg. | exuāris exuāre | exuerēris exuerēre |
| 3rd sg. | exuātur | exuerētur |
| 1st pl. | exuāmur | exuerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | exuāminī | exuerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | exuantur | exuerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | exue | exuere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | exuite | exuiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | exuitō | exuitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | exuitō | exuitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | exuitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | exuuntō | exuuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | exuere | exuī |
| perfect infinitive | exuisse | exūtum esse |
| future infinitive | exūtūrum esse | exūtum īrī |
| present participle | exuēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | exūtus exūta, exūtā, exūtae, exūtam, exūtārum, exūtās, exūte, exūtī, exūtīs, exūtō, exūtōrum, exūtōs |
| future participle | exūtūrus exūtūra, exūtūrā, exūtūrae, exūtūram, exūtūrārum, exūtūrās, exūtūre, exūtūrī, exūtūrīs, exūtūrō, exūtūrōrum, exūtūrōs, exūtūrum | exuendus exuenda, exuendā, exuendae, exuendam, exuendārum, exuendās, exuende, exuendīs, exuendōrum, exuendōs |
gerundexuendī, exuendō, exuendumsupineexūtum, exūtū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- vestem ponere (exuere)
- to undress.
- servitutem exuere (Liv. 34. 7)
- to shake off the yoke of slavery.
- armis (castris) exuere aliquem
- to disarm a person.
- omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)
- to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity.
ex-ŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3, v. a. ex and root av-, to go to, put on; Zend. avaiti, go into, ao-thra, shoe; Slav. and Lith. forms, v. Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 17; cf. ind-uo,
I. to draw out or off, to pull or strip off, put off, divest (class.; esp. freq. since the Aug. period).
I. Lit.:
serpens exuit in spinis vestem, Lucr. 4, 61: manticam umero, App. M. 1, p. 110; cf.: pharetram umero, Ov. M. 2, 419: telum magno e vulnere, Stat. Th. 9, 287: ensem vaginā, id. ib. 9, 76: clipeum reduci, Ov. H. 13, 147; cf.: vincula sibi, id. M. 7, 773: jugum, to shake off, Liv. 35, 17, 8: alas, to lay aside, Verg. A. 1, 690: Trojanos cestus, id. ib. 5, 420: setosa duris exuere pellibus membra, Hor. Epod. 17, 15; cf.: magnos membrorum artus, magna ossa lacertosque Exuit, strips, bares, Verg. A. 5, 423: aliquem veste, Suet. Ner. 32: palmas vinclis, Verg. A. 2, 153: digitos, i. e. to strip of rings, Mart. 14, 109: mensas, to uncover, id. 9, 60, 7: si ex his te laqueis exueris, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 58, § 151: se jugo, Liv. 34, 13, 9. —In a Greek construction: unum exuta pedem vinclis, Verg. A. 4, 518: cornua exuitur, Ov. M. 9, 52.—Absol.: si non saltas, exue igitur (sc. pallam), Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 16. —B. Transf., in gen., to strip, despoil, deprive of any thing:
hostium copiis fusis armisque exutis, i. e. to be forced to throw off their arms and to flee, Caes. B. G. 3, 6, 3: hostem armis, id. ib. 5, 51 fin.; Sall. J. 88, 3; Liv. 22, 21, 4: exuti prope omnes armis diffugere, id. 21, 61, 9; 34, 28, 11; Verg. A. 11, 395: impedimentis, Caes. B. G. 7, 14, 8; 7, 42, 5: castris, Liv. 31, 42, 7; 41, 3, 10; 41, 12, 5; Vell. 1, 9, 4: sedibus, Tac. A. 13, 39: aliquem avitis bonis, id. ib. 14, 31; cf.: aliquem patrimonio, Suet. Gramm. 11: montes, to strip, lay bare, Stat. S. 4, 3, 50: se agro paterno avitoque, Liv. 2, 23, 6: exuto Lepido, interfecto Antonio, stripped bare, i. e. without legions, without arms, etc., Tac. A. 1, 2.—II. Trop., to lay aside, cast off, divest one's self of any thing:
humanitatem, Cic. Lig. 5, 14; cf. id. Att. 13, 2, 1: sapientia vanitatem exuit mentibus, Sen. Ep. 90 med.: mentitum colorem, Quint. 12, 10, 76: silvestrem animum, Verg. G. 2, 51: vultus severos, Ov. Am. 3, 4, 43: feritatem, id. F. 3, 281: mores antiquos, Liv. 27, 8, 6: virtutes, Tac. A. 1, 75: fidem, id. ib. 12, 14: amicitiam, id. ib. 1, 8: tristitiam et arrogantiam et avaritiam, id. Agr. 9: jus fasque, id. H. 3, 5: promissa, to break one's word, id. A. 13, 44: pacta, id. ib. 6, 43: patriam, id. H. 5, 5 et saep.: hominem exuens ex homine, Cic. Fin. 5, 12, 35: magistrum, Tac. A. 14, 52 fin.—* (b). With a subjectclause:
mihi quidem ex animo exui non potest, esse deos, Cic. N. D. 3, 3, 7.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
exuō uī, ūtus, ere
4 AV-, to draw out, take off, pull off, put off : pharetram umero, O.: iugum, shake off , L.: caestūs, V.— To unclothe, divest, free, put forth : pellibus membra, H.: ossa lacertosque, bares , V.: ex his te laqueis: se iugo, L.: unum exuta pedem vinclis, V.: cornua exuitur, O. — To strip, despoil, deprive : copiae armis exutae, Cs.: se agro paterno, L.—Fig., to lay aside, cast off, divest oneself of, put away : humanitatem: silvestrem animum, V.: mores antiquos, L.: tristitiam, Ta.: ius fasque, Ta.: hac (pinu) hominem, i. e. turn into a pine , O.: ex animo exui non potest, esse deos: Lepidum, get rid of , Ta.
Origins
From ex- + *uō. Akin to Proto-Slavic *jьzuti.