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1. excrēmentum, i, n. [excerno].

  1. I. What is sifted out, the refuse, Col. 8, 5, 25; Pall. Febr. 26, 3; id. Nov. 20, 4.
    More freq.,
  2. II. What passes from the body, excrement, ordure, Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 94; 9, 45, 68, § 147: oris, spittle, Tac. H. 4, 81: narium, mucus of the nose, id. A. 16, 4.

2. excrēmentum, i, n. [excresco],

  1. I. an elevation, prominence: humilior inter excrementa costarum spina, Sid. Ep. 1, 2.
  2. II. Transf., of numbers which increase regularly in series: sic decem milia ceteraque excrementa, Mart. Cap. 7, § 734.

ex-crĕmo, āre, v. a., to burn (postclass.), Tert. Cult. Fem. 6.

ex-creo, āre, v. exscreo.

excrescentĭa, ium, n., v. excresco, B. 2.

ex-cresco, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. inch. n., to grow out or forth, to grow up, rise up (not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: quae si satis excreverint (palmae), Col. 4, 21, 3: abies, larix, palma in longitudinem, Plin. 16, 30, 54, § 125: lactucae ad semipedem, id. 19, 8, 39, § 131: in omni domo nudi ac sordidi in hos artus, in haec corpora quae miramur excrescunt, Tac. G. 20; Aug. Serm. 216, 7: colles sensim excreverant rudere, Front. Aquaed. 18: solum tumulo in altum, Luc. 4, 11: si quando flumen imbribus ad tempus excrevit, is swollen, Dig. 43, 11, 1.
    2. B. In partic., of morbid excrescences on the body: excreverat in dexteriore latere ejus caro, Suet. Galb. 21: carnis excrescentes, Plin. 23, 6, 59, § 111: arsenicum tollit quicquid excrescit, id. 34, 18, 56, § 178.
      Hence,
      1. 2. Subst.: excre-scentia, ium, n., in medic. lang., morbid excrescences on the body, Plin. 20, 9, 36, § 93; 22, 21, 29, § 61; 24, 4, 5, § 9; 24, 5, 11, § 19; 34, 18, 50, § 169 al.
  2. II. Trop., to grow immoderately, to increase, enlarge: nec minus evitanda est immodica ejus prooemii longitudo, ne in caput excrevisse videatur, Quint. 4, 1, 62: fructus in tantum excrevit, ut, etc., Dig. 36, 1, 27, § 16 fin.: litium series, Suet. Vesp. 10.
    Hence, ex-crētus, a, um, P. a., grown up, fullgrown: animalia, Lact. 2, 11 med. al. (so, haedi, Verg. G. 3, 398, acc. to Serv., but v. excerno, II. A.).

1. excrētus, a, um, separated; Part., from excerno.

2. excrētus, a, um, grown up; P. a., from excresco.

excrŭcĭābĭlis, e, adj. [excrucio].

  1. * I. Pass., deserving of torture: anus, Plaut. Cist. 4, 1, 1.
  2. * II. Act., tormenting, torturing: exitium, Prud. στεφ. 3, 114.

excrŭcĭātĭo, ōnis, f. [excrucio], torment, torture, = cruciatus (late Lat.), Aug. Tract. in Joann. 27 fin.

excrŭcĭātor, ōris, m. [excrucio], a tormentor: cordis, corporis, August. cont. Gaudent. 1, 21.

excrŭcĭātus, ūs, m. [excrucio], torment, torture, = cruciatus (post-class.): duri corporis, Prud. στεφ. 14, 19.

ex-crŭcĭo, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic inf. praes. excruciarier, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 4), v. a., to torment greatly, to torture, rack, plague (class.).

  1. I. Physically: perii! excruciabit me herus, Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 45: servos fame vinculisque, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 9; cf.: (uxores) igni atque omnibus tormentis excruciatae, id. ib. 6, 19, 3: aliquem vinculis ac verberibus atque omni supplicio excruciatum necare, Cic. de Imp. Pomp 5, 11; cf. also: hominem ingenuum fumo excruciatum semivivum reliquit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 45: excruciatus inopiā, Plaut Bacch. 3, 4, 24: ipsos crudeliter excruciatos interficit, Caes. B. G. 7, 38, 9: frigus nudos excruciabat, Lucr. 5, 1426 et saep.
    Comic. Ep. Hunc tibi dedo diem. St. Meam culpam habeto, nisi probe excruciavero, qs. thoroughly torture it, i. e. use it up, make the most of it, Plaut. Stich. 3, 1, 32.
    1. B. Transf., to force out by torturing, to extort: re excruciatā, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 5 fin.
  2. II. Mentally, to afflict, distress, harass, vex, torment: conficior maerore, mea Terentia; nec meae me miseriae magis excruciant quam tuae, Cic. Fam. 14, 3, 1; cf.: non loquor plura, ne te quoque excruciem, id. Att. 10, 18, 3: haec sunt, quae me excruciant, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 9.
    In imprecations: di deaeque te excrucient, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 50: temeritas et libido et ignavia semper animum excruciant et semper sollicitant, Cic. Fin. 1, 16, 50: se, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 14: quid illam miseram animi excrucias? id. Mil. 4, 2, 76; cf.: se animi, id. Rud. 2, 3, 68: tum Antipho me excruciat animi, Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 10; v. also in the foll.
    In the pass.: excrucior, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 61; id. Trin. 1, 2, 66: id ego excrucior, id. Ep. 2, 2, 8; cf.: hoc sese excruciat animi, Quia, etc., id. Rud. 2, 3, 57.

exscrĕābĭlis (excr-), e, adj. [exscreo], that may be hawked up or coughed out: vitia pulmonum, Plin. 20, 14, 55, § 157.

exscrĕātĭo (excr-), ōnis, f. [exscreo], a hawking or coughing up: sanguinis, Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113; 28, 12, 53, § 195.

exscrĕātus (excr-), ūs, m. [exscreo], a hawking or coughing up, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 11, 128; 5, 10, 119.

ex-scrĕo (excr-), āre, v. a., 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.

ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.

  1. I. Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo; adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: complura exscripta de Magonis libris, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus, Gell. 3, 3, 8.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. * 1. Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.
      2. 2. In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.
  2. * II. Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.