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1. excrēmentum, i, n. [excerno].
- I. What is sifted out, the refuse, Col. 8, 5, 25; Pall. Febr. 26, 3; id. Nov. 20, 4.
More freq.,
- 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],
- I. an elevation, prominence: humilior inter excrementa costarum spina, Sid. Ep. 1, 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.).
- I. Lit.
- 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.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
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.