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* exauctōrĭtas, ātis, f. [exauctoro], a discharge from military service, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 35.

ex-auctōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. Milit. t. t., to discharge from service (after sixteen years of service, before the end of the usual term of twenty years, i. e. before the regular missio; see missio. This discharge was either an honorable one or a punishment. The honorably discharged soldiers remained four years in the army as a separate corps under a vexillum, with peculiar privileges; cf. mitto, dimitto).

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. Of an honorable discharge (not ante-Aug.): omnes milites exauctorati domum dimitterentur, Liv. 32, 1; 25, 20; 29, 1; 36, 40 fin.; 41, 5 fin.; Suet. Tib. 30; Tac. A. 1, 36 fin.: milites licentia sola se, ubi velint, exauctorent, Liv. 8, 34, 9.
    2. B. In a bad sense, to dismiss, cashier on account of a crime = dimittere ignominiae causa, Dig. 3, 2, 2, § 2; Suet. Aug. 24; id. Vitell. 10; id. Vesp. 8; Tac. H. 1, 20; Plin. Ep. 6, 31, 5; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 638 a.
  2. * II. Trop.: verba exauctorata a sequenti aetate repudiataque, discarded, obsolete, Macr. S. 1, 5.

exaudībĭlis, e, adj. [exaudio],

  1. I. that may be heard or listened to, Aug. Sol. 1, 1.
  2. II. Giving ear to requests, listening, Schol. Juv. 13, 248.

ex-audĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a.

  1. I. To hear or perceive clearly (class.): Nec satis exaudiebam, nec sermonis fallebar tamen, Quae loquerentur, Plaut. Epid. 2, 2, 55; cf. id. Merc. 4, 3, 8; id. Men. 3, 2, 13; id. Trin. 3, 3, 25: cum aliquantulum progressus esset, subito exaudivit hinnitum, Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.; cf. id. Att. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 6, 39, 1; 7, 61, 3; id. B. C. 1, 66, 1; 3, 105, 3; Liv. 1, 29; 2, 27; 5, 52; 8, 33 et saep.: maxima voce, ut omnes exaudire possint, dico semperque dicam, Cic. Sull. 1, 33; cf. id. ib. 12, 34; id. Leg. 3; Caes. B. G. 5, 30, 1; id. B. C. 3, 94, 6; Liv. 1, 27.
    With acc. and inf., Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 4.
  2. II. Less freq. in the signif. of audio.
    1. A. To hear, perceive by hearing: quam multa, quae nos fugiunt in cantu, exaudiunt in eo genere exercitati, Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20: exaudi, vultusque attolle jacentes, Ov. M. 4, 144: tum denique saxa non exauditi rubuerunt sanguine vatis, id. ib. 11, 19: Haec vix proximis exaudientibus dixerat, Curt. 7, 7: fingere cinctutis non exaudita Cethegis, Hor. A. P. 50.
      Poet.: licet has exaudiat herbas (i. e. hos cantus), Luc. 6, 715.
    2. B. To hearken, listen to; to regard, grant: tantum miserere precesque Supplicis exaudi, Ov. M. 13, 856; so, preces, Luc. 6, 706; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 13: dirae exauditae ab omnibus diis, Liv. 40, 5, 1: vota precesque, Verg. A. 11, 157; Stat. Th. 11, 616: vota populi, Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 10: quae optamus, Plin. Pan. 94, 2.
      Absol., Ov. Am. 2, 9, 51; Lact. 7, 16, 12; 7, 17, 11; Vulg. Psa. 142, 1 et saep.
    3. C. To give heed to, to obey: ridebit monitor non exauditus, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 14: exaudi, Ov. M. 9, 122.
    4. D. To understand, comprehend = intellegere: nomina, Dig. 33, 10, 7; cf. verba, ib. 45, 1, 99.

exaudītĭo, ōnis, f. [exaudio, II. B.], a hearkening to, granting: oratio exauditione dei dignior, Aug. Civ. D. 21, 24; Vulg. 2 Chron. 33, 19.

exaudītor, ōris, m. [exaudio, II. B.], one who hearkens to, grants, Vulg. Sirach, 35, 19.

ex-augĕo, ēre, v. a., to increase exceedingly (rare): amplius, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 193 Müll. (Ann. v. 270 ed. Vahlen): benefacta majorum tuorum exauge, Plaut. Stich. 2, 1, 9; ib. 32: opinionem, Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 3.

* exaugŭrātĭo, ōnis, f. [exauguro], a desecrating, profaning: omnium sacellorum exaugurationes, Liv. 1, 55, 3.

ex-augŭro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to apply to profane uses a thing which has been consecrated, to desecrate, profane (very rare): fana, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. NEQVITVM, p. 162, 32 Müll.; cf. Liv. 1, 55: vestalem, Gell. 6, 7, 14: sacerdotes, Capitol. M. Aurel. 4.

* ex-auspĭco, āvi, 1, v. n., to take an augury from any thing: ex vinculis, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 108.