LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

exūrō

exūrō (present infinitive exūrere, perfect active exussī, supine exustum)
Classical[ɛkˈsuː.roː]Ecclesiastical[eɡˈzuː.ro]

Meaning

  1. to burn (up)
  2. to consume by fire
  3. to kindle
  4. to dry up

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Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exūrōexūrēbamexūramexussīexusseramexusserō
2nd sg.exūrisexūrēbāsexūrēsexussistīexusserāsexusseris
3rd sg.exūritexūrēbatexūretexussit
exusit
exusseratexusserit
exuserit
1st pl.exūrimusexūrēbāmusexūrēmusexussimusexusserāmusexusserimus
2nd pl.exūritisexūrēbātisexūrētisexussistisexusserātisexusseritis
3rd pl.exūruntexūrēbantexūrentexussērunt
exussēre
exusserantexusserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exūramexūreremexusserimexussissem
2nd sg.exūrāsexūrerēsexusserīsexussissēs
3rd sg.exūratexūreretexusserit
exuserit
exussisset
1st pl.exūrāmusexūrerēmusexusserīmusexussissēmus
2nd pl.exūrātisexūrerētisexusserītisexussissētis
3rd pl.exūrantexūrerentexusserintexussissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exūrorexūrēbarexūrar
2nd sg.exūreris
exūrere
exūrēbāris
exūrēbāre
exūrēris
exūrēre
3rd sg.exūriturexūrēbāturexūrētur
1st pl.exūrimurexūrēbāmurexūrēmur
2nd pl.exūriminīexūrēbāminīexūrēminī
3rd pl.exūrunturexūrēbanturexūrentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exūrarexūrerer
2nd sg.exūrāris
exūrāre
exūrerēris
exūrerēre
3rd sg.exūrāturexūrerētur
1st pl.exūrāmurexūrerēmur
2nd pl.exūrāminīexūrerēminī
3rd pl.exūranturexūrerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exūreexūrere
pres. 2nd pl.exūriteexūriminī
fut. 2nd sg.exūritōexūritor
fut. 3rd sg.exūritōexūritor
fut. 2nd pl.exūritōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exūruntōexūruntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexūrereexūrī
perfect infinitiveexussisseexustum esse
future infinitiveexustūrum esseexustum īrī
present participleexūrēns—
perfect participle—exustus
exusta, exustā, exustae, exustam, exustārum, exustās, exuste, exustī, exustīs, exustō, exustōrum, exustōs
future participleexustūrus
exustūra, exustūrā, exustūrae, exustūram, exustūrārum, exustūrās, exustūre, exustūrī, exustūrīs, exustūrō, exustūrōrum, exustūrōs, exustūrum
exūrendus
exūrundus, exūrenda, exūrendā, exūrendae, exūrendam, exūrendārum, exūrendās, exūrende, exūrendīs, exūrendōrum, exūrendōs
gerundexūrendī, exūrendō, exūrendumsupineexustum, exustū

ex-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3, v. a.,
I. to burn out, burn up, consume (class.; syn.: incendo, accendo, inflammo, cremo).
I. Lit.: illic oculos exuram lampadibus ardentibus, Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86; 88: fores, id. Pers. 4, 4, 20: domi suae vivus exustus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 70: vicos complures, id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5: classem Argivum, Verg. A. 1, 39.—
B. Transf., to dry up: loca exusta solis ardoribus, Sall. J. 19, 6: paludem, Verg. G. 3, 432: lacus, Phaedr. 1, 6, 7: agrum, Verg. G. 1, 107: res exustae torrentibus auris, Lucr. 5, 410: caseum (sol), Col. 7, 8, 5: segetem, Plin. 17, 9, 7, § 56: aliquem (sitis), Lucr. 3, 917; Curt. 4, 16, 7: Pyrrhus Italiam bellis saevissimis exurens, laying waste, devastating, Amm. 21, 1.—
II. Trop.
A. To set on fire, kindle, inflame: (Venus) volt exurere divos, Tib. 4, 2, 5; cf. Sen. Agam. 665 sq.—
B. To consume, destroy: aliis scelus exuritur igni, Verg. A. 6, 742: exustus flos veteris ubertatis, dried up, Cic. Brut. 4, 16.

Origins

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

Latin ex- Latin ūrō Latin exūrō From ex- + ūrō.

Quick answers

What does exūrō mean in Latin?
exūrō, a verb, means “to burn (up); to consume by fire; to kindle”.
What are the principal parts of exūrō?
exūrō, exūrere, exussī, exustum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce exūrō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈsuː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eɡˈzuː.ro].
Where does exūrō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exūrō.