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* excaecātor, ōris, m. [excaeco], one who blinds, Aug. Serm. 43 ex Homil. 50.

ex-caeco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to blind, make blind (rare).

  1. I. Lit.: num ergo is excaecat nos aut orbat sensibus? etc., * Cic. Ac. 2, 23, 74; Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 200; Flor. 2, 20, 5.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To deprive a plant of the eyes or buds, Col. 11, 3, 45; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 175.
      2. 2. To stop up a river, a channel, etc., Ov. M. 15, 272; id. Pont. 4, 2, 17; Cels. 7, 7 fin.
      3. * 3. To darken or dull a bright color: fulgor (argenti) excaecatus, Plin. 33, 9, 46, § 131.
  2. II. Trop.: oculos animosque (fama), Petr. 141, 5: formam, i. e. to render uncomely, to disfigure, id. 128, 3: nec accipies munera quae excaecant prudentes, Vulg. Exod. 23, 8.

ex-calcĕo (-calcĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (the deponent form, v. below), to take off the shoes.

  1. I. In gen.: petiit, ut sibi pedes praeberet excalciandos, Suet. Vit. 2.
    More freq. with a personal object and in the part. perf.: excalciatus cursitare, unshod, barefoot, Suet. Vesp. 8; Mart. 12, 88; cf. mid. in the verb. finit.: neque umquam aut nocte aut die excalcearetur aut discingeretur, Vell. 2, 41 fin.; and as a verb. dep.: ut nemo se excalceatur, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 16.
  2. II. In partic., of tragedians, to relieve of the cothurni, Sen. Ep. 76, 23.
    Hence, excalceāti, ōrum, m., pantomimists (opp. to the tragic actors, who wore cothurni, and the comic, who wore socci), Sen. Ep. 8, 7.

excaldātĭo, ōnis, f. [excaldo], a washing or bathing in warm water (late Lat.), Capitol. Albin. 5 al.

ex-caldo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [caldus], to wash or bathe in warm water (late Lat.), Marc. Empir. 26; Apic. 4, 2 al.

ex-călesco, ĕre, v. inch. n., to become warm, Theod. Prisc. 4, 1 med.

ex-calfăcĭo, no perf., factum, 3, v. a., to warm, to heat (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Pliny the Elder): excalfacit, Plin. 21, 20, 82, § 139; 21, 21, 89, § 155: excalfieri, id. 24, 7, 28, § 42; Scrib. Comp. 158: lacus sole excalfactus, Plin. 37, 2, 11, § 37; 37, 10, 54, § 148: ad excalfaciendos nervos, id. 21, 22, 93, § 163.

* excalfactĭo, ōnis, f. [excalfacio], a warming, heating, Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 105.

excalfactōrĭus, a, um, adj. [excalfacio], warming, heating (a Plinian word), Plin. 21, 18, 72, § 120; 24, 11, 64, § 105; 25, 13, 95, § 152.

excalfīo, pass. of excalfacio, q. v.

ex-candĕfăcĭo, fēci, 3, v. a., to heat, inflame (perh. only in the foll. passages), trop.: excande me fecerunt cupiditate (tmesis), Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1: annonam macelli, i. e. to enhance, raise, id. ib. 3, 2, 16; cf. exardesco and incendo.

ex-candĕo, ēre, 2, v. a. and n.

  1. I. Act., to make bright, whiten: cutem, Schol. Juv. 2, 107.
  2. II. Neut., to gleam, glisten, be bright: lapides, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 3, 22.

excandescentĭa, ae, f. [excandesco], nascent anger, passionateness, irascibility, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 21; cf. App. Dogm. Plat. 1 fin.

excandesco, dŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to grow hot, to take fire, kindle, to glow (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: cum bitumen et sulphur additum est, excandescet, Cato R. R. 95; Col. 7, 5, 16.
  2. II. Trop., to glow, to burn, esp. with anger: haec nullam habent vim, nisi irā excanduit fortitudo, * Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: id postquam resciit, excanduit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; cf. Petr. 53, 8; 57, 1; Suet. Claud. 40; id. Ner. 40: in aliquem, id. Vesp. 14; cf.: in exteros, Col. 7, 12, 5: in ultionem, Flor. 2, 18, 8: excandescet in illos aqua maris, Vulg. Sap. 5, 23.

excantātor, ōris, m. [excanto], a charmer, one who removes by enchantment: venatorum morsuum, Hier. in Joel Prol.

ex-canto, āvi, ātum (excantassit = excantaverit, Tab. XII. ap. Sen. Q. N. 4, 7, 2), 1, v. a., to charm out or forth, to bring out by enchantment (not in Cic. or Caes.), Varr. ap. Non. 102, 11; Lucil. and Plaut. ib.; * Prop. 3, 3, 49 (4, 2, 49 M.); * Hor. Epod. 5, 45; Luc. 6, 686; 9, 931: QVI FRVGES EXCANTASSIT, i. e. had removed them by enchantment into another field, Tab. XII. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf. Sen. Q. N. 4, 7, 2; Serv. Verg. E. 8, 99; Aug. C. D. 8, 19.

ex-carnĭfĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to cut or tear any one to pieces (a rare word).

  1. I. Lit.: aliquem, Cic. N. D. 3, 33 fin.; Suet. Vit. 17; Sen. Ep. 24.
  2. II. Trop., to torment, torture: aliquem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 9: excarnificatus animus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4: comitem, Amm. 14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 6.

ex-castrātus, a, um, Part. [castro], emasculated.

  1. I. Lit., Gell. 9, 9, 10.
  2. II. Transf., shelled, husked: sinapi, Scrib. Comp. 9.

ex-caudĭco (-cōdico), āre, v. a. [caudex), to weed out, root up = exstirpare.

  1. I. Prop., Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.
    1. B. Transf., to dig round, i. q. ablaqueare: ablaqueandae sunt vites, quod Itali excodicare appellant, Pall. Jan. 1.
  2. II. Trop., to extirpate, root out: silvam libidinum eradicare et excaudicare, Tert. Pudic. 16.

* excăvātĭo, ōnis, f. [excavo], a hollowing out: lapidis, Sen. Q. N. 4, 3, 3.

ex-căvo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to hollow out.

  1. I. Lit.: trullam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27 fin.: cavernam sibi rostro, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82: ripas, id. 10, 33, 49, § 95: terram, id. 33 prooem.: lapides excavant aquae, Vulg. Job, 14, 19.
  2. II. Transf., in mal. part., Auct. Priap. 51, 4.

ex-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (subj. perf. sync. excessis, Ter. And. 4, 4, 21), v. n. and a.

  1. I. Neut., to go out, go forth or away, to depart, retire, withdraw (freq. and class.; cf.: discedo, deficio, destituo, desero, linquo, relinquo).
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen., with ex and abl., with abl. alone, or absol.: ex istoc loco, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 18: e medio, Ter. Hec. 4, 3, 14: ex civitate, Caes. B. G. 6, 8, 8: ex Italia, Cic. Phil. 12, 6, 14: e templo, Liv. 29, 19; for which, templo, id. 39, 5: ex finibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 33, 2; for which, finibus, id. ib. 4, 18 fin.; 7, 77, 14; Liv. 30, 42; 41, 19 al.: ex illa circumscriptione, Cic. Phil. 8, 8: ex itinere, Caes. B. C. 1, 79 fin.; cf.: ex via, id. B. G. 5, 19, 1; for which, viā, Liv. 24, 20: ex pugna, ex proelio, Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 3; 4, 33, 2; for which, more freq., pugnā, id. B. G. 5, 36, 3; id. B. C. 2, 7, 1; Liv. 44, 42; Verg. A. 9, 789 al.; and, proelio, Caes. B. G. 2, 25, 1; 3, 4, 3; 4, 12 fin.; 7, 80, 3; cf. acio, id. B. C. 2, 41, 7; 3, 94, 5; Liv. 31, 17: loco, Caes. B. C. 1, 44, 2; 3, 45, 4; Liv. 36, 10, 15; so, locis, id. 38, 27, 9; 27, 1, 5; and bello, Sall. C. 9, 4: domo, Caes. B. G. 4, 14 fin.: oppido, id. ib. 7, 78, 1; cf. urbe, Liv. 26, 24; 30, 7; 31, 17 et saep.: Arimino, Caes. B. C. 1, 10, 3; 1, 11, 1: Galliā, id. B. G. 7, 66, 4: provinciis, id. B. C. 1, 85 fin.: patriā, Verg. A. 1, 357: sceleratā terrā, id. ib. 3, 60 et saep.
        With de (very rare): de utero matris, i. e. to be born, Dig. 1, 5, 15.
        Absol.: abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit, Cic. Cat. 2, 1: excedere deos, simul ingens motus excedentium, Tac. H. 5, 13: primi omnium Macedones metu excesserant, Liv. 42, 67 fin.
        Designating the terminus: cave quoquam ex istoc excessis loco, Ter. And. 4, 4, 21: agro hostium in Boeotiam, Liv. 31, 26 fin.: ex his tenebris in lucem illam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 30 fin.; cf.: ad deos, Vell. 1. 2: invictum fore donec excederet ad deos, Curt. 4, 7, § 27: in exsilium, Dig. 48, 19, 4; in which sense also simply excedere, ib. 48, 22, 7, § 17.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. To go beyond, overstep, rise above, overtop a certain boundary.
          Of personal subjects very rarely: alter in Pontum, alter usque Aegyptum excessit, Just. 1, 1, 6.
          More freq. of inanimate subjects: ut nulla (pars) excederet extra, Cic. Univ. 5; Cels. 8, 9 fin.; cf. with eminere, id. 8, 25 fin.: montes et excedentia in nubes juga, Plin. 27, 1, 1, § 3.
        2. b. To depart from life, to decease, to die (cf. decedo): sic ille cum undequadraginta annos regnavisset, excessit e vita, Cic. Rep. 2, 14 fin.; so, e vita, id. Fin. 3, 18, 60; id. Brut. 20 fin.; id. Lael. 3 fin.; id. Off. 1, 43, 153: vitā, id. Tusc. 1, 13, 29; id. Brut. 75, 262; id. N. D. 3, 16, 41; Val. Max. 2, 6, 8; 5, 5, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 21; 9, 6, 6; Tac. H. 4, 75: e medio, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 74 Ruhnk.; and simply excedere (postAug.; but v. decedo excessus, I.), Plin. 7, 13, 11, § 58; Tac. A. 1, 5 fin.; 1, 33; Suet. Aug. 5; id. Claud. 45; id. Vesp. 2; id. Tit. 11; Val. Fl. 1, 826; Curt. 10, 5, 2; Sen. Ep. 77, 10.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen. (very rarely): cum animus Eudemi e corpore excesserit, Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53; id. Tusc. 1, 11, 24; 1, 32, 78; id. Lael. 4, 13 al.: corpore excedere, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: ex pristina bellandi consuetudine, Auct. B. Afr. 73: palmā, to recede from victory, to yield the victory (= decedere alicui de victoria), Verg. A. 5, 380.
        Far more freq.,
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. (Acc. to A. 2. a.) To go beyond a certain boundary or a certain measure, to advance, proceed, to transgress, digress (= procedere, progredi): mihi aetas ex magisterio tuo: Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 40: is postquam excessit ex ephebis, Ter. And. 1, 1, 24 (quoted in Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327); cf.: ut primum ex pueris excessit Archias, Cic. Arch. 3: ad patres etiam et ad publicam querimoniam excessit res, Liv. 25, 1; cf. Val. Max. 5, 6, 4: haec eo anno in Africa gesta. Insequentia excedunt in eum annum, quo, etc., Liv. 30, 26; cf. id. 21, 15: paululum ad enarrandum, etc., to digress, Liv. 29, 29, 5; cf.: in fabellam, Sen. Ep. 77: in aliquid, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 44 fin.: res parva dictu, sed quae studiis in magnum certamen excesserit, Liv. 34, 1; cf. id. 33, 35 fin.; 8, 33; cf. id. 3, 41: eo laudis excedere, quo, etc., to attain that height of fame, Tac. Agr. 42 fin.: tantum illa clades novitate et magnitudine excessit, i. e. exceeded, went beyond = eminuit, Tac. A. 2, 24.
        2. b. (Acc. to A. 2. b.) To depart, disappear: cura ex corde excessit, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 12: cum cupiditatum dominatus excessit, Cic. Par. 5, 3, 40: jam e memoria excessit, quo tempore? etc., Liv. 26, 13; for which, memoriā, id. 7, 32 fin.: ubi reverentia excessit animis, Curt. 8, 8.
          Poet.: Cannaene tibi graviorque palude Maeonius Stygia lacus excessere Padusque? i. e. have they slipped from your memory? Sil. 15, 35.
  2. II. Act. (post-Aug.).
    1. A. Lit., to depart from, to leave a place: urbem, Liv. 2, 37, 8; 1, 29, 6; 3, 57, 10; 23, 1: curiam, id. 45, 20; cf. pass. impers.: Crotonem excessum est, id. 24; 3 fin.
    2. B. Transf., to go beyond, surpass, exceed a certain limit, to overtop, tower above (cf. above, I. A. 2. a., and B. 2. a.): nubes excedit Olympus, Luc. 2, 271: statura, quae justam excederet, Suet. Tib. 68: summam octoginta milium, Liv. 39, 5; so of numbers, very freq., Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 22; 13, 3, 4, § 20; Quint. 9, 4, 79; Tac. A. 1, 14; Suet. Aug. 77 al.; cf. also of age, Col. 6, 21: triennium vitae, Plin. 8, 42, 67, § 166: annum aetatis centesimum, id. 25, 2, 5, § 9; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 4; 3, 7, 9; Suet. Gramm. 7; of measure: laborum periculorumque modum, Vell. 2, 122 fin.; so, modum, Liv. 26, 19; 28, 25; Quint. 3, 6, 62; 8, 3, 48 al.: eloquentia aut aequavit praestantissimorum gloriam aut excessit, Suet. Caes. 55; cf.: praeturae gradum, id. Oth. 1: principum fastigium, id. Calig. 22: fastigium equestre, Tac. A. 4, 40: excedente humanam fidem temeritate, Vell. 2, 51, 3; so, fidem, Plin. 7, 21, 21, § 85; Ov. M. 7, 166: excessisse Priscum inmanitate et saevitia crimina, quibus, etc., Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 2: nemine tantum ceteros excedente, ut ei aliquis se summitteret, Just. 13, 2.
      With simple acc.: decretum, ne vasa auro solida ministrandis cibis fierent, etc. … Excessit Fronto ac postulavit modum argento, went beyond the proposal, Tac. A. 2, 33 (cf.: egredi relationem, id. ib. 2, 38).
      Pass.: duo enim multitudo, unione jam excessā, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 5.

excellens, Part. and P. a., from excello.

excellenter, adv., excellently; v. excello, P. a. 1. fin.

excellentia, ae, f. [excello, P. a. 1.], superiority, excellence, perfection (abstr. and rel.): magna cum excellentia praestantiaque animantium reliquarum, Cic. Off. 1, 28; cf. id. ib. 1, 27 fin.: animi excellentia magnitudoque, id. ib. 1, 5, 17; so, picturae, Plin. 35, 14, 49, § 173: crurum, id. 34, 8, 19, § 82; Prud. στεφ. 10, 52: propter excellentiam, pre-eminence, Gr. κατ’ ἐξοχήν, ut Homerus propter excellentiam commune poëtarum nomen efficit apud Graecos suum, Cic. Top. 13, 55; cf.: per excellentiam, Sen. Ep. 58, 17.
Plur.: saepe excellentiae quaedam sunt, qualis erat Scipionis in nostro grege, Cic. Lael. 19, 69.

ex-cello, cellŭi, celsum, 3 (also acc. to the 2d conj., praes. indic. excellet, Aem. Mac. ap. Diom. p. 371 P., and subj. excelleat, Cic. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 838 and 896 P.), v. a. and n. [cello].

  1. I. Act., to raise up, elevate; only: recellere reclinare, et excellere in altum extollere, Fest. p. 274, 31; and Paul. ib. 275, 11 Müll.; cf. the P. a. excelsus, below.
  2. II. Neut., to rise, elevate itself (cf.: antecello, praesto, antecedo, emineo, floreo, vigeo).
    1. A. Lit., only in the P. a. excellens, q. v. A.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen., to exult, be elated: animus excellit rebus secundis, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14; 13, 24, 14.
        Far more freq. (but not in Plaut. and Ter.; and in the verb. finit. not in Aug. poets),
      2. 2. In partic., to be eminent, to distinguish one’s self for any quality above others; to surpass, excel, in a good or (less freq.) in a bad sense: ut is, qui dignitate principibus excellit facilitate infimis par esse videatur, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 14, 41: ut inter quos posset excellere, cum iis, etc., Cic. Inv. 1, 2 fin.: inter omnes, id. Or. 2, 6: super ceteros, Liv. 28, 43: ante ceteros, App. Flor. 16.
        With dat.: qui longe ceteris excellere pictoribus existimabatur, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: quae una ceteris excellebat, id. Tusc. 2, 18, 43; id. Fin. 3, 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 54, 216; id. de Imp. Pomp. 13, 39 al.: ceteris, Quint. 2, 20, 9.
        With abl.: bonā famā, Lucr. 6, 13: ingenio scientiāque, Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 4: animi magnitudine, id. Off. 1, 18 fin.: actione, id. Brut. 59, 215: hoc genere virtutis, id. Fam. 11, 21, 4: dignitate, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 9: altitudine, Plin. 16, 6, 18, § 24: candore, id. 37, 6, 23, § 88 et saep.
        With in and abl.: in arte, Cic. Rep. 1, 13: in aliqua arte et facultate, id. de Or. 1, 50, 217: in alia parte orationis, id. Brut. 59, 215: maxime in amicitiis expetendis colendisque, id. Lael. 9, 30; id. de Or. 2, 54, 217 et saep.
        Absol.: excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium, Cic. Rep. 2, 28; 2, 23; 1, 22; id. Div. 1, 19, 38; 1, 41, 91; id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.; Tac. Or. 32 (with eminere) et saep.
        In a bad sense: vitiis, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 51: cum haec (flagitia), quae excellunt, me nosse videas, id. Pis. 38 fin.
        Hence,
      1. 1. excellens, entis, P. a., rising, overtopping.
    1. A. Lit., high, lofty (very rare; not in Cic.): oppida excellentibus locis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 8, 4: corpore excellens, Vell. 2, 107.
      Far more freq. and class.,
    2. B. Trop., distinguishing himself, distinguished, superior, surpassing, excellent: deos rerum omnium praestantia excellentes, Cic. Div. 2, 63: Brutus noster excellens omni genere laudis, id. Ac. 1, 3 fin.; for which also: in omni genere, id. Tusc. 1, 1, 2; id. de Or. 2, 54, 220: cujus excellens in re militari gloria, id. Rep. 2, 17: Galba fuit inter tot aequales unus excellens, id. Brut. 97, 333: natura excellens atque praestans, id. N. D. 1, 20 fin.: scientia excellens atque singularis, id. Fam. 4, 3 fin.: vir excellenti providentia, id. Rep. 2, 3; for which: excellente ingenii magnitudine, id. Off. 1, 33 (al. excellenti and excellentis, v. Orell. ad h. l.): studium, Caes. B. C. 3, 34 fin.: pulchritudo muliebris formae, Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1: cygnus, * Verg. A. 12, 250 et saep.
      Subst.: excellentia, ōrum, n., exceptional instances: nec excellentia, sed quotidiana tractabo, Aus. Grat. Act. § 62.
      Comp.: ova excellentiora, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 50: nihil illo (sc. Alcibiade) fuisse excellentius, vel in vitiis, vel in virtutibus, Nep. Alcib. 1.
      Sup.: excellentissima virtus, Caes. B. C. 3, 99, 2; Sen. Vit. Beat. 14: cultus, Suet. Ner. 20: triumphus, id. Caes. 37: aurum, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 56 et saep.
      Adv.: excellen-ter, excellently, Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; Nep. Att. 1, 3.
      Comp., Cic. Sest. 45.
      Sup.: excellentissime, Aug. Civ. D. 17, 8.
      1. 2. ex-celsus, a, um, P. a., elevated, lofty, high (freq. and class.; cf.: celsus, editus, altus, sublimis, procerus, arduus).
    1. A. Lit.: mons, Caes. B. C. 1, 80, 2; cf.: vertex montis, * Verg. A. 5, 35: locus, Cic. Rep. 6, 11: porticus, id. Att. 4, 16, 14: basis (statuae), id. Verr. 2, 4, 34; cf. signum, id. ib.: statura, Suet. Caes. 45: aves (Ibes), Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101: altitudo vineae, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184 et saep.
      Comp.: in excelsiore loco, Cic. Rep. 2, 31: cornu (bovis), Caes. B. G. 6, 26, 1; cf.: crura chamaeleonis, Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 120.
      Sup.: mons, Caes. B. C. 1, 70, 4; cf. locus, Hirt. B. G. 8, 33 fin.: rupes, Plin. 10, 6, 7, § 19: aegilops, id. 16, 6, 8, § 22; 11, 37, 49, § 135.
        1. b. Subst.
      1. 1. excelsum, i, n., a height: simulacrum Jovis in excelso collocare, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 20; id. Att. 6, 1, 17: Phoebus ab excelso, quantum patet, aspicit aequor, Ov. H. 15, 165; so, ab excelso, id. F. 2, 369: prohibebit in excelsum emicare (vitem), Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 184.
      2. 2. Ex-celsus, i, m., the Highest, the Most High, i. e. God (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 72, 11 al.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble: te natura excelsum quendam videlicet et altum et humana despicientem genuit, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 11; cf.: magnus homo et excelsus, id. Mur. 29: animus excelsus magnificusque, id. Off. 1, 23; cf. id. Opt. Gen. 4, 12: excelso et illustri loco sita est laus tua, id. Fam. 2, 5; cf.: te in excelsissimo humani generis fastigio positum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 11: species magnae excelsaeque gloriac, Tac. Agr. 4 fin. et saep.
        Comp.: (orator) grandior et quodammodo excelsior, Cic. Or. 34; cf. Quint. 12, 10, 23; Plin. Pan. 94, 3: quo tua in me humanitas fuerit excelsior quam in te mea, Cic. Att. 3, 20 fin.
        Sup.:         excelsissimae victoriae, Vell. 2, 96 fin.: duces, id. 2, 114 fin.
        Subst.
          1. (α) , m. plur.: excelsi, ōrum, the lofty; prov.: excelsis multo facilius casus nocet, Pub. Syr. 162 (Rib.).
          2. (β) Neut.: excelsum, i, an elevated station or position: in excelso aetatem agere, i. e. in a high station, Sall. C. 51, 12.
            Esp. (eccl. Lat.): in excelsis, in the highest, in ascriptions of praise, Vulg. Psa. 148, 1 al.
      2. 2. Esp., in the later period of the empire, a title of high official dignitaries, e. g. of the praefectus praetorio, etc.
        Adv.: excelsē, highly, on high, loftily.
      1. 1. Lit.: si vitis scandit excelsius, Col. 4, 1, 5.
      2. 2. Trop., in an elevated manner, highly: ornat excelse, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 3: excelsius magnificentiusque et dicet et sentiet, Cic. Or. 34, 119: excelsissime floruit (Sparta), exceedingly, Vell. 1, 6, 3.

excelsē, adv., v. excello, P. a. 2. fin.

excelsĭtas, ātis, f. [excelsus], loftiness, height.

  1. I. Lit.: montium, Plin. 2, 64, 64, § 160: harundinis, id. 16, 36, 66, § 167: lilii, id. 21, 5, 11, § 23.
  2. II. Trop.: excelsitas animi et magnitudo, Cic. Off. 3, 5, 24.

excelsus, a, um, P. a., v. excello fin. 2.

excensĭo, ōnis, f. [escendo], a climbing, ascent, Curt. 9, 4, 4; Liv. 44, 10, 11 (Madvig al. escensio).

* exceptācŭlum, i, n. [excepto], a receptacle: maliloquii, Tert. Spect. 2 med.

* exceptīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [excipio], caught up, intercepted: alica, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 115.

exceptĭo, ōnis, f. [excipio], an exception, restriction, limitation [good prose and very freq., esp. in Cic.).

  1. I. In gen.: consiliorum, voluntatum sine ulla exceptione communitas, Cic. Lael. 17; so, sine (ulla) or cum exceptione, id. Fam. 6, 5, 1; id. Caecin. 8 fin.; id. Verr. 2, 5, 31; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13; id. Inv. 2, 57, 172; Quint. 7, 1, 50; Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 5 et saep.; cf. in plur.: unus imperitat nullis jam exceptionibus, Tac. G. 44: quod si exceptio facit, ne liceat, ibi necesse est licere, ubi non est exceptum, etc., Cic. Balb. 14: sunt in tota lege exceptiones duae, id. Agr. 1, 4 et saep.
  2. II. Esp., in jurid. Lat., the exception of the defendant to the plaintiff’s statements, inserted in the praetor’s edict, Gai. Inst. 4, 116 sq.; Just. Inst. 4, 13; Dig. 44, 1; Cod. Just. 8, 36; Cic. Inv. 2, 19; id. de Or. 1, 37; cf. Rein’s Röm. Privatr. p. 448 sq.

* exceptĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [exceptio], a small limitation or exception, Sen. Ep. 20, 5.

excepto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excipio], to take out, to take up, catch (very rare): barbatulos nullos exceptans de piscina, * Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38; so, aliquem, * Caes. B. G. 7, 47 fin.: (equae) exceptant leves auras, catch up., i. e. snuff up, * Verg. G. 3, 274; cf. poet.: per pectora saevas Exceptat mortes, * Sil. 9, 369.

exceptor, ōris, m. [excipio], one who catches up any thing said, i. e. who writes it down, an amanuensis, short-hand writer, scribe (post-Aug.).

  1. I. In gen., Dig. 19, 2, 19 fin.; Firm. 3, 6 med. and 12.
  2. II. Esp., in the later period of the empire, an officer in the court of chancery, Cod. Just. 12, 19, 5; 12; Inscr. Orell. 995; 2831 al.

exceptōrĭus, a, um, adj. [excipio], serviceable for receiving (post-Aug.): quali, Dig. 33, 7, 8; cf. subst.: exceptorium excipulum, conceptaculum, ἐκδοχεῖον, Gloss.
Subst.: exceptōrium, i, n., a receptacle, reservoir; plur., Vulg. Sir. 39, 22.

exceptus, a, um, Part., from excipio.

ex-cĕrē̆bro, āre [cerebrum], to deprive of brains, i. q. to make senseless: canem, Vulg. Isa. 66, 3.
Part.: ex-cerē̆brā-tus, a, um, deprived of brains, i. q. rendered senseless, stupefied: excerebratus es novo vino, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 11.

ex-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to sift out, to separate (perh. not ante-Aug.).

  1. I. In gen.: furfures a farina, Col. 8, 4, 1: frumenta, i. e. to cleanse, id. 2, 20, 5; cf.: caementa cribris, Vitr. 7, 6: ex captorum numero excretos Saguntinos in patriam remisit, Liv. 28, 39, 10; cf.: excernere parvos, Grat. Cyneg. 289: omnem forensem turbam excretam in quatuor tribus conjecit, Liv. 9, 46 fin.
    Part. perf. subst.:     excreta tritici, what is sifted out, the chaff, Col. 8, 4, 1; 8, 8, 6.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To keep apart, keep away: multi jam excretos prohibent a matribus haedos, Verg. G. 3, 398 Heyne and Forbig. ad loc.
    2. B. To carry off, discharge (from the body): venter excernit mollia, Cels. 2, 8: quae excreturi sumus, id. 4, 1 al.

ex-cerpo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a. [carpo], to pick or take out.

  1. * I. Lit.: semina pomis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 272.
  2. II. Trop. (class.).
    1. A. To pick out, choose, select, gather: non solum ex malis eligere minima oportere, sed etiam excerpere ex ipsis, si quid inesset boni, Cic. de Off. 3, 1, 3: quod quisque (scriptorum) commodissime praecipere videbatur, excerpsimus, made extracts, selections, id. Inv. 2, 2, 4; so, verba ex Originibus Catonis, Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86: nihil umquam legit, quod non excerperet, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 10; cf. id. ib. 6, 20, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 2; Quint. 9, 1, 24; 10, 2, 13: ex libris qui chronici appellantur … easque excerptiones digerere, Gell. 17, 21, 1 et saep.: paucos enim, qui sunt eminentissimi, excerpere in animo est, to single out, make prominent, Quint. 10, 1, 45; 7, 1, 29.
      Hence, subst.: excerptum, i, n., an extract, selection, excerpt from a book or writing: ex Gorgiā Platonis, Quint. 2, 15, 24: Coelianum. M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9.
      Plur., M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 2, 5; Sen. Ep. 33, 3.
    2. B. To take out, strike or leave out, except, omit: non enim, si est facilius, eo de numero quoque est excerpendum, Cic. de Or. 2, 11, 47; cf.: me illorum excerpam numero, Hor. S. 1, 4, 40: tu id, quod boni est, excerpis: dicis, quod mali est, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 18.
    3. C. To withdraw one’s self: se consuetudini hominum, Sen. Ep. 5: se vulgo, id. Brev. Vit. 18; and simply se, id. Ep. 18.

* excerptĭo, ōnis, f. [excerpo, II. A.], an extract selected from a composition, an excerpt, Gell. 17, 21, 1.

excerptus, a, um, Part., from excerpo.

* ex-cervīcātĭo, ōnis, f. [cervicatus], obstinacy, stubbornness, Hier. in Naum, 3; cf. cervicositas.

excessĭo, ōnis, f. [excedo], departure, death: ante excessionis diem, Hier. Orig. in Jerem. Hom. 13 fin.; Lutat. Schol. ad Stat. Th. 4, 599.

excessus, ūs, m. [excedo, I. A. 2. and B. 2.].

  1. I. A departure.
    1. A. In gen.: excessus ejus, Vell. 1, 15, 1.
      Esp., a departure from life: in his esse et excessum e vita et in vita mansionem, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 60; Val. Max. 9, 13 prooem.; Sen. Ep. 26, 4; for which also, vitae, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 27; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 1: post obitum, vel potius excessum Romuli, Cic. Rep. 2, 30; cf. so of Romulus, id. ib. 2, 12; once in Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 3; and freq. in post-Aug. prose excessus alone, death, Tac. A. 1, 7; 14; Suet. Tib. 22; 70; id. Calig. 1; 9; 48; id. Ner. 5; id. Vesp. 3 al.
    2. B. Trop., a leaving of the mental powers, loss of self-possession, = ἔκστασις: in excessu mentis, Vulg. Act. 11, 5; id. Psa. 30, 22.
      Without mentis: ego dixi in excessu meo, Vulg. Psa. 115, 2.
  2. II. A standing out, projecting beyond a certain limit.
    1. * A. Lit.: os calcis quadam parte sinuatur, quadam excessus habet, projections, Cels. 8, 1 fin.: montani excessus, Sol. 9, 2; Amm. 18, 6, 15: flexuosi excessus, id. 24, 4, 10.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. A departing from the subject, digression (post-Aug.): egressio vel (quod usitatius esse coepit) excessus, sive est extra causam, etc., Quint. 3, 9, 4; cf. ib. § 1; Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 9; and in plur., Plin. H. N. praef. § 12.
      2. 2. A deviation, aberration from any thing: minuti a pudore excessus, Val. Max. 8, 2, 4: moderaminis, Prud. in Symm. 2, 990.

excē̆tra, ae, f. [perh. corrupted from ἔχιδνα], a snake, serpent (very rare).

  1. I. Prop., Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 3 sq.; * Cic. poet. Tusc. 2, 9, 22.
  2. II. Transf., a reproachful epithet for a bad, intriguing woman, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 19; id. Ps. 1, 2, 82; Liv. 39, 11.

excĭdĭo, ōnis, f. [exscindo, v. 1. excidium], a destroying, destruction: oppidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 2; cf.: excidionem urbis a caedendo dictam manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 9 Müll.

1. excĭdĭum (sometimes written exscidium, as if from exscindo), ii, n. [usually referred to ex-cīdo], overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin (especially of cities, buildings, etc.), destruction (not freq. till the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Cic.): urbis, Liv. 27, 39 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 76; Verg. A. 5, 626.
In plur.: petit urbem excidiis, Verg. G. 2, 505; id. A. 2, 643; 10, 46; Liv. 9, 45; 29, 1 al.: castellorum, Tac. H. 4, 15: arcium, Verg. A. 12, 655: Libyae, id. ib. 1, 22: gentium, Vell. 2, 98, 2; Tac. H. 5, 25; cf. Cretensium, Sall. H. Fragm. p. 290 ed. Gerl.: legionum, Tac. H. 4, 61: meorum, Verg. A. 8, 386 et saep.

2. excĭdĭum, ii, n. [excĭdo], a going down, setting: solis, Prud. Apoth. 694.

1. ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128: sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur, id. Att. 9, 10, 3: gladii de manibus exciderunt, id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.; for which also: inter manus (urna), Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and: a digitis (ansa), Ov. H. 16, 252: Palinurus exciderat puppi, Verg. A. 6, 339; cf. arce, Ov. F. 5, 34: equis, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164: num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48: volvae excidunt, Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.
      Poet.: ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit, will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410: in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate), Liv. 21, 28 fin.: cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem, Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66: ante pedes (lingua resecta), Ov. Ib. 536.
    2. B. In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare): ut cujusque sors exciderat, Liv. 21, 42, 3; and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit, id. 23, 3, 7.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape: verbum ex ore alicujus, Cic. Sull. 26; cf.: vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc., Verg. A. 6, 686: tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore? id. ib. 2, 658; cf.: scelus ore tuo, Ov. M. 7, 172: quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito, Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.: libellus me imprudente et invito excidit, escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5: vox horrenda per auras excidit, Verg. A. 9, 113: et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit, Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176: ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret, Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2: (versus) qui in breves excidunt, i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.
      Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. * 1. To dissent, differ from any one’s opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.
      2. 2. To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear: neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat, Cic. Lael. 16, 58: primo miser excidit aevo, Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.): nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc., Hor. C. 3, 5, 30: at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet, Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.): excidit omnis luctus, Ov. M. 8, 448: ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria, Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.
        Esp.
        1. b. To fail, faint, swoon, lose one’s self: excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba, Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1: quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi! Sen. Hippol. 589 sq.
        2. c. To slip out, escape from the memory: excidere de memoria, Liv. 29, 19 fin.: exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis, id. 34, 37; cf. animo, Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188; and pectore, id. Pont. 2, 4, 24: o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant, Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.: quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc., id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause: non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc., Quint. 2, 3, 10.
          Absol.: quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari, id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause: si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset, id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut: excidit, ut peterem, etc., i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.
          Rarely transf. to the person: excidens, who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19: palam moneri excidentis est, id. 11, 3, 132.
      3. 3. (Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.; in Cic. not at all): ex familia, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104: uxore, to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12: regno, Curt. 10, 5: quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis, failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.: fine medicinae, Quint. 2, 17, 25: genere, id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or causā; v. cado, II.), Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.

2. ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: lapides e terra, Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.: omnes arbores longe lateque, Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.: excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.): arborem e stirpe, Dig. 43, 27, 1: ericium, Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.: radicem, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82: columnas rupibus, Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.: rubos arvis, Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.: partum mulieri, Dig. 11, 8, 2: os, Cels. 8, 3: virilitatem, i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17; for which also, se, Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.: vias per montes, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125: latus rupis in antrum, Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.: vasa anaglypta in asperitatem, i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.
    1. B. Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy: qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit, Cic. Sest. 44: Numantiam, id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf. Trojam, Verg. A. 2, 637: urbem, id. ib. 12, 762: oppida, Lact. 1, 18, 8: Germaniam, Vell. 2, 123 fin.: agrum, id. 2, 115: exercitum, i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.
  2. II. Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish: aliquid ex animo, Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.: iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.

ex-cĭĕo, ēre, v. excio init.

ex-cĭo, īvi or ii, itum (long and short equally freq.; cf. excĭtus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40; Lucr. 4, 1207; Cat. 61, 11; 63, 42; 64, 56; Verg. A. 4, 301; 7, 376; 12, 445; Ov. M. 2, 779 al.: excītus, Lucr. 4, 1215; Verg. A. 3, 675; 7, 642; 10, 38; Ov. M. 8, 338; 11, 384; Sil. 7, 635; Luc. 1, 239 al.; also acc. to cieo, ēre: excies, Att. Trag. 300 (Rib. Trag. Fragm. p. 175): exciet, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 1; inf. exciere, Liv. 7, 11, 11; imperf. excibat, id. 32, 13: excibant, Sil. 9, 182), 4, v. a., to call out or forth, to bring out: exciet, excutiet, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 4 Müll. (freq. in the ante-class. and post-Aug. periods; perhaps not in Cic., for in Phil. 12, 7, 16, the better reading is excussimus; v. excutio; and for excita, Cic. Mur. 17 fin. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 80, both the MSS. and editions of Cic. have excitata).

  1. I. Lit.: auxilia e Germania Britanniaque excivit segniter, Tac. H. 2, 97: consulem ab urbe, Liv. 3, 2: homines sedibus, id. 32, 13: sellularii exciti (ad militiam) dicuntur, id. 8, 20 init.: animas imis sepulcris, Verg. E. 8, 98: suem latebris, Ov. M. 10, 711: Urgulaniam domo principis, Tac. A. 4, 21: quid est quod me excivisti ante aedes? Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 1; so, aliquem foras, id. Trin. 5, 2, 52: hostem ad dimicandum acie, Liv. 2, 30: Volscos ad expugnandam secum Ardeam, id. 4, 9, 11: auxilia, id. 45, 4, 3: juventutem Celtiberorum, id. 28, 24, 4; cf.: in pugnam, Luc. 6, 12: in arma, Stat. Th. 4, 146: in proelia, Luc. 7, 361: principibus coloniae Romam excitis, Liv. 3, 4, 5.
    Absol.: exciente buccina Tritone, Suet. Claud. 21 fin.
    1. B. Transf., of inanim. and abstr. objects, to bring out or forth; to call forth, produce: semina per artus, Lucr. 4, 1215: lacrimas alicui, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 114; Tac. A. 11, 2: crepitum, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 16: sonitum pedibus, Lucr. 2, 327: molem (i. e. tempestatem) in undis, Verg. A. 5, 790: vim morbi, Lucr. 4, 665 et saep.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To rouse, excite; to frighten, terrify any one: sopore, Lucr. 4, 37; cf.: excita anus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 36 ed. Vahl.); cf. also: clamor subito ortus dictatorem quoque ex somno excivit, Liv. 4, 27, 6: somno excitus, Sall. J. 72 fin.: Mauri atque Gaetuli, ignoto et horribili sonitu repente exciti, id. ib. 99, 2: inter cetera, quae ad exciendum in Graeciam Antiochum dicere est solitus, Liv. 36, 7: excivit ea caedes Bructeros, etc., Tac. A. 1, 51: qualis commotis excita sacris Thyias, Verg. A. 4, 301; esp. freq. in the part. perf.; see the passages quoted init.; cf. also: (juventus) privatis atque publicis largitionibus excita, Sall. C. 37, 7: ita conscientia mentem excitam vastabat, id. ib. 15, 4: Evander concursu pastorum, excitus, Liv. 1, 7, 9: Britanni omnium civitatium vires exciverant, Tac. Agr. 29.
      Poet.: pulsuque pedum tremit excita tellus, frightened, quaking, Verg. A. 7, 722; 12, 445.
    2. B. To stir up, excite any passion (very rare): terrorem, Liv. 10, 4; cf. tumultum, id. 3, 39; 7, 11 fin.

ex-cĭpĭo, cēpi, ceptum, 3, v. a. [capio].

  1. I. (With the notion of the ex predominating.) To take or draw out.
    1. A. Lit. (rarely): aliquem e mari, to draw out, fish out, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 293, 26 (Rep. 4, 8, 8 Baiter): vidulum (e mari), Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 140 sq.: dens manu, forcipe, Cels. 7, 12, 1: telum (e vulnere), id. 7, 5, 1: clipeum cristasque rubentes Excipiam sorti, to withdraw, exempt, Verg. A. 9, 271.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen.: servitute exceptus, withdrawn, i. e. rescued from slavery, Liv. 33, 23, 2: nihil jam cupiditati, nihil libidini exceptum, exempt, Tac. Agr. 15.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. To except, make an exception of (freq. and class.): hosce ego homines excipio et secerno libenter, Cic. Cat. 4, 7, 15: qui (Democritus) ita sit ausus ordiri: Haec loquor de universis. Nihil excipit, de quo non profiteatur, id. Ac. 2, 23, 73; cf. id. ib. 2, 9, 28: Lacedaemonii ipsi, cum omnia concedunt in amore juvenum praeter stuprum, tenui sane muro dissaepiunt id, quod excipiunt, id. Rep. 4, 4: senex talos elidi jussit conservis meis: sed me excepit, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 13.
          With ne: Licinia lex, quae non modo eum, qui, etc. … sed etiam collegas ejus, cognatos, affines excipit, ne eis ea potestas curatiove mandetur, Cic. Agr. 2, 8, 21; so in legal limitations, id. ib. 2, 9, 24; id. Balb. 14, 32; see also exceptio.
          With ut, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 9, 26: excepi de antiquis praeter Xenophanem neminem, id. Div. 1, 39, 87: ut in summis tuis laudibus excipiant unam iracundiam, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 13, 37: dolia, in horreis defossa, si non sint nominatim in venditione excepta, etc., Dig. 18, 1, 76; so ib. 77.
          In the abl. absol.: omnium mihi videor, exceptis, Crasse, vobis duobus, eloquentissimos audisse Ti. et C. Sempronios, you two excepted, Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 38; cf.: vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitia praestabilius esse putetis, id. Lael. 27 fin.: exceptā sapientiā, id. ib. 6, 20.
          Neutr. absol.: excepto, quod non simul esses, cetera laetus, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 50: excepto, si obscena nudis nominibus enuntientur, Quint. 8, 3, 38; Pers. 5, 90; Aug. Serm. 17, 3; 46, 2.
          Hence,
          1. (β) Jurid. t. t., said of the defendant, to except, to make a legal exception to the plaintiff’s statement: verum est, quod qui excipit, probare debeat, quod excipitur, Dig. 22, 3, 9; so ib. 18: adversus aliquem, ib. 16, 1, 17 et saep.; cf. exceptio and the authorities there cited.
        2. b. In an oration, a law, etc., to express by name, to make particular mention of, to state expressly (rare, and perh. not anteAug.): cum Graecos Italia pellerent, excepisse medicos, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 16: vites in tantum sublimes, ut vindemitor auctoratus rogum ac tumulum excipiat, expressly stipulates for (in case he should fall and break his neck), id. 14, 1, 3, § 10.
  2. II. (With the notion of the verb predominating.) To take a thing to one’s self (in a good or bad sense), to catch, capture, take, receive.
    1. A. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen.: sanguinem paterā, Cic. Brut. 11, 43; cf. Col. 9, 15, 9: e longinquo sucum, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78: labentem excepit, Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43: se in pedes, to take to one’s feet, i. e. spring to the ground, Liv. 4, 19, 4: filiorum extremum spiritum ore, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; cf.: tunicis fluentibus auras, Ov. A. A. 3, 301: omnium tela, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 72, § 177; so, tela, Caes. B. G. 3, 5, 3: vulnera, Cic. Sest. 10, 23; cf.: vulnus ore, Quint. 6, 3, 75; and: plagae genus in se, Lucr. 2, 810: o terram illam beatam, quae hunc virum exceperit! Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf.: hunc (Mithridatem) in timore et fuga Tigranes excepit, id de. Imp. Pomp. 9, 23: aliquem benigno vultu, Liv. 30, 14, 3; cf. also: hic te polenta excipiet, Sen. Ep. 21 med.: aliquem epulis, Tac. G. 21: multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 35, 6. alios vagos per hiberna milites excipiebant, Liv. 33, 29, 2: speculator, exceptus a juvenibus mulcatur, id. 40, 7, 4: cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: servos in pabulatione, Caes. B. G. 7, 20, 9: incautum, Verg. A. 3, 332: (uri) mansuefieri ne parvuli quidem excepti possunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 28, 4: aprum latitantem, Hor. C. 3, 12, 10: caprum insidiis, Verg. E. 3, 18: fugientes feras, Phaedr. 1, 11, 6: aprum, feram venabulo, Quint. 4, 2, 17; Sen. Prov. 2 et saep.
        1. b. Of inanimate subjects: postero die patenti itinere Priaticus campus eos excepit, received them, Liv. 38, 41, 8: silva tum excepit ferum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 9; Quint. 2, 12, 2.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. To come next to, to follow after, succeed a thing: linguam ad radices ejus haerens excipit stomachus, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135: quinque milia passuum proxima intercedere itineris campestris; inde excipere loca aspera et montuosa, Caes. B. C. 1, 66 fin.: alios alii deinceps, id. B. G. 5, 16 fin.
          Poet.: porticus excipiebat Arcton, i. e. was turned to the north, looked towards the north, Hor. C. 2, 15, 16.
        2. b. In medic. lang.: aliquid aliqua re, to take something in something, i. e. mixed with something: quae (medicamenta) excipiuntur cerato ex rosa facto, Cels. 5, 18, 20; 5, 25, 5; 6; 12 et saep.
    2. B. Trop.
      1. 1. In gen., to take or catch up, to intercept: genus divinationis naturale, quod animus arripit aut excipit extrinsecus ex divinitate, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 26; cf.: posteaquam vidit, illum excepisse laudem ex eo, quod, i. e. obtained, id. Att. 1, 14, 3: subire coëgit et excipere pericula, to take upon one’s self, to receive, support, sustain (the figure being taken from the reception of an enemy’s blows or shots), Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.: Germani celeriter phalange facta impetus gladiorum exceperunt, Caes. B. G. 1, 52, 4; so, impetus, id. B. C. 1, 58, 1: vim frigorum hiememque, Cic. Rab. Post. 15, 42: labores magnos, id. Brut. 69, 243 et saep.: excipimus nova illa cum favore et sollicitudine, receive, Quint. 10, 1, 15: verba risu, id. 1, 2, 7: praecepta ad excipiendas hominum voluntates, for taking captive, Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 32: invidiam, to draw upon one’s self, Nep. Dat. 5, 2.
        1. b. Of inanim. or abstr. subjects: quae (sublicae) cum omni opere conjunctae vim fluminis exciperent, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 9; 3, 13, 1: quid reliquis accideret, qui quosque eventus exciperent, i. e. would befall, overtake them, Caes. B. C. 1, 21 fin.; Verg. A. 3, 318; Liv. 1, 53, 4.
      2. 2. In partic.
        1. a. To catch with the ear, esp. eagerly or secretly, to catch up, listen to, overhear: maledicto nihil facilius emittitur, nihil citius excipitur, Cic. Planc. 23, 57; id. Sest. 48, 102: assensu populi excepta vox consulis, Liv. 8, 6, 7: ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus, id. 40, 7, 4; 2, 4, 5; 4, 30, 3: laudem avidissimis auribus excipit, Plin. Ep. 4, 19, 3: notis quoque excipere velocissime solitum, i. e. to write down in shorthand, Suet. Tit. 3: rumores, Cic. Deiot. 9, 25; cf. voces, Liv. 40, 7, 4: sermonem eorum, id. 2, 4, 5: furtivas notas, Ov. Am. 1, 4, 18.
        2. b. To follow after, to succeed a thing in time or the order of succession (cf. above, A. 2. a.): tristem hiemem pestilens aestas excepit, Liv. 5, 13, 4: Herculis vitam et virtutem immortalitas excepisse dicitur, Cic. Sest. 68, 143: violis succedit rosa: rosam cyanus excipit, cyanum amarantus, Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 68: excipit Pompilium Numam Tullus Hostilius, Flor. 1, 3, 1: hunc (locutum) Labienus excepit, Caes. B. C. 3, 87, 1.
          Absol.: turbulentior inde annus excepit, succeeded, followed, Liv. 2, 61, 1; Caes. B. G. 7, 88, 2: re cognita tantus luctus excepit, ut, etc., id. B. C. 2, 7, 3.
          Hence,
          1. (β) Transf.: aliquid, to continue, prolong a thing: memoriam illius viri excipient omnes anni consequentes, Cic. de Sen. 6, 19; Liv. 38, 22, 3: vices alicujus, Just. 11, 5.
            Poet. with inf., Sil. 13, 687.

excĭpŭla, ōrum (sc. vasa), n. [excipio], vessels for receiving liquids, receivers, receptacles, Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 78: in excipulis ejus fluminis, i. e. cavities, basins, id. 9, 22, 38, § 75.

‡ excĭpŭum quod excipitur, ut prae cipuum quod ante capitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 3 Müll.

* excīsātus, a, um, adj. [excisus, from excīdo], cut out or off: excisatis auribus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 108, 17.

excīsĭo, ōnis, f. [excido], a cutting out, excision.

  1. I. Prop.: plagae, Pall. 3, 30.
    Plur. concr., the parts cut out, Vitr. 10, 12, 1.
  2. II. A destroying, Cic. Dom. 58; id. Harusp. Resp. 2, 3.

excīsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [excido], that serves for cutting out: scalper, Cels. 8, 3, § 15.

excīsūra, ae, f. [ex-cīdo], the cutting out, Edic. Diocl. 7, no. 42.

excīsus, a, um, Part., from excīdo.

* excĭtābĭlis, e, adj. [excito], inciting, animating: modulatio (with jucunda), Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 5 fin.

excĭtātē, adv., v. excito, P. a. fin.

excĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [excito], a rousing up, wakening (post-class.), Arn. 7, 237.

excĭtātor, ōris, m. [excito], one who rouses or animates (post-class.): mentium, Prud. Cath. 1, 3.

excĭtātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from excito.

excĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [excio], to call out or forth, to bring or send out, to wake or rouse up (freq. and class.; cf.: provoco, evoco; irrito, lacesso, invito).

  1. I. Lit.: unde (Acherunte) animae excitantur obscura umbra, Poëta ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37: aliquem a portu, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 10: aliquem huc foras, id. Rud. 1, 5, 2: si excitatus fuerit de spectaculis, turned out, expelled, Quint. 3, 6, 19: dormientes spectatores e somno, to wake up, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 48; cf.: quaeso, ne me e somno excitetis, Cic. Rep. 6, 12: velut dormitantes eos excitari, Quint. 4, 1, 73: patre excitato (opp. dormiente), id. 4, 2, 72: scuto offenso excitatus vigil, Liv. 7, 36, 2: aliquem ab inferis, to summon up, Cic. Font. 12, 26; id. Cat. 2, 10, 20; id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, 129: aliquem a mortuis, id. de Or. 1, 57, 245: non dubitavit excitare reum consularem, to call upon to stand up, to call up, id. ib. 2, 28, 124: reos, id. ib. 2, 47, 195; Quint. 11, 3, 174; cf. Liv. 9, 8, 3: testes, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 47: judicem, Cels. ap. Quint. 9, 2, 104 et saep.: feras, to rouse or scare up, Cic. Off. 3, 17, 68: cervum nemorosis latibulis, Phaedr. 2, 8, 1.
    Prov.: aliis leporem, Petr. 1, 31, 7.
    1. B. Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things, to raise, erect: vapores, qui a sole ex aquis excitantur, Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 118: caput altius, Cels. 8, 4 med.
      1. 2. In partic., with the accessory notion of making, forming, to raise, erect, build, construct: exstrui vetat (Plato) sepulcrum altius, quam, etc. … nec e lapide excitari amplius, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68: turres, Caes. B. G. 5, 40, 2; id. B. C. 1, 25 fin.: tumulum alicui, Suet. Claud. 1: aedificium, Sen. Ep. 52: urbem, Flor. 1, 1: nova sarmenta cultura excitantur, are produced, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88: pascua in novalibus, Pall. Nov. 13, 3: ignem, to kindle up, excite, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4; Lucr. 6, 308: incendium, Cic. Phil. 7, 1, 3: invalidas flammas admoto fomite, Luc. 8, 776.
        Poet. transf.: aras, Verg. G. 4, 549: foculum bucca, Juv. 3, 262: siser stomachum, Plin. 20, 5, 17, § 34: uvae os, stomachum, id. 23, 1, 7, § 12.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. In gen., to raise up, comfort; to arouse, awaken, excite, incite, stimulate, enliven: qui ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem desciscerem, erected, established, Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1; cf.: amici jacentem animum excitare, id. Lael. 16, 59; and with this cf. id. Att. 1, 16, 8; and: animos excitare atque inflammare ad persequendi studium, id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5: animos omnium ad laetitiam, Caes. B. G. 7, 79, 3: aliquem ad laborem et ad laudem, Cic. Planc. 24, 59; cf. id. Top. 2, 5: languentem labentemque populum ad decus, id. de Or. 1, 46, 202: aliquem ad bellum, Caes. B. G. 3, 10, 3: aliquem ad virtutem, id. ib. 6, 14, 5: aliquem ad audiendum, Quint. 4, 1, 34: gallos alacritate ad canendum, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56 et saep.: alicujus memoriam alicui excitans, reviving, renewing, Cic. Or. 10, 35: hominum studia ad utilitates nostras allicere atque excitare, id. Off. 2, 6, 20: hominum studia, Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 1: salsum excitat et a taedio defendit orationem, enlivens, Quint. 6, 3, 19: fictiones personarum mire orationem excitant, id. 9, 2, 29; cf. id. 6, 1, 2: hi soni cum augenda intentione excitandi (opp. temperandi), to sharpen, pronounce strongly, id. 11, 3, 42: syllabam acutam, id. 12, 10, 33.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. To appeal to, call upon, cite: ut nos ex annalium monimentis testis excitamus eos, etc., Cic. Fin. 2, 21, 67: multos testis liberalitatis tuae, id. Rab. Post. 17, 47.
      2. 2. With the accessory idea of producing (acc. to I. B. 2.), to found, cause, occasion, excite, kindle: priusquam docuero, quibus initiis ac fundamentis hae tantae summis in rebus laudes excitatae sint, Cic. Sest. 2, 5; cf. id. Fin. 4, 7, 18: in animis hominum motum dicendo vel excitare vel sedare, id. de Or. 1, 46, 202: risus, id. Phil. 3, 9, 21: plausum, id. Sest. 58, 124: fletum etiam inimicis, id. ib. 57, 121: amores, id. Off. 1, 5, 14: iras, Verg. A. 2, 594: suspicionem alicui, Cic. Sest. 18, 41: varios sermones, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 2: quantas tragoedias, Cic. Mil. 7, 18: vim ac dolorem bonorum omnium, id. Planc. 18, 45 et saep.
        Hence, excĭtātus, a, um, P. a. (lit. excited, kindled; hence), animated, lively, vigorous, vehement, strong, loud (rare but class.): acutus et excitatus sonus, Cic. Rep. 6, 18.
        Comp.: clamor, Liv. 4, 37, 9: haec lumina, Quint. 12, 10, 49: schema, id. 9, 3, 10.
        Sup.: odor, Plin. 20, 17, 71, § 182.
        Adv.: excĭtāte, vigorously, briskly, brightly, vehemently.
        In the comp.: fulgent gemmae, Plin. 37, 7, 31, § 106: clamitantes, Amm. 18, 8.

1. excī̆tus, a, um, Part., from excio.

(2. excītus, ūs, false reading in App. M. 6, p. 184 fin., for exitu.)

exclāmātĭo, ōnis, f. [exclamo], a loud calling or crying out (very rare).

  1. I. In gen.: acuta atque attenuata nimis, Auct. Her. 3, 12, 21: acutas vocis exclamationes vitare debemus, id. ib.; Quint. 11, 3, 179; Vulg. Sirach, 35, 13.
  2. II. In partic., as a figure of rhetoric, an exclamation, Auct. Her. 4, 15, 22; Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207; id. Or. 39, 135; Quint. 9, 1, 34; 9, 2, 27; 9, 3, 97; Tac. Dial. 26; 31.

ex-clāmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

  1. I. Neut., to call or cry aloud, to call or cry out, to exclaim: cum exclamasset Laelius, Cic. Rep. 6, 12 fin.: in stadio cursores exclamant quam maxime possunt, id. Tusc. 2, 23, 56; cf. Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 57: majus, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 56: contiones saepe exclamare vidi, cum apte verba cecidissent, i. e. to applaud loudly, id. Or. 50, 168; cf. Quint. 1, 6, 45.
    Pass. impers.: quoties exclamandum erit, lateris conatus sit ille, non capitis, Quint. 1, 11, 8; 3, 8, 59.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of inanim. and abstr. things (postAug.): apud hunc (oratorem) patria ipsa exclamabit, Quint. 12, 10, 61: ignis exclamat, i. e. crackles aloud, makes a noise, Stat. Th. 6, 202: dominae femur exclamare coëgit, Juv. 6, 423: quae (verba) aut maxime exclamant, aut sono sunt jucundissima, Quint. 8, 3, 17: minus exclamantes syllabae, id. 9, 4, 137.
      2. 2. Of a sound made with musical instruments: sacris tubis, Vulg. 1 Macc. 16, 8; cf. 3, 54; 4, 40.
  2. II. Act., to call out, say aloud, exclaim.
    1. A. With inanim. objects.
          1. (α) With an object-clause, in oratio recta: ibi nescio quis maxima Voce exclamat: Alcumena, adest auxilium, ne time, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 12: cf.: non possum quin exclamem: Euge, euge, etc., id. Trin. 3, 2, 79 (quoted Cic. de Or. 2, 10, 39): mihi libet exclamare, Pro deum, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 6, 13; Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 11; id. Ad. 4, 4, 10; Quint. 6, 3, 81; Hor. S. 1, 7, 33; Ov. M. 5, 13 al.
            With acc. and inf.: hic exclamat, eum sibi esse sodalem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 11; Ter. Eun. prol. 23.
          2. (β) With ut: quas (geometricas formas) ut vidisset, exclamavisse, ut bono essent animo, videre enim se hominum vestigia, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17: ut equites desilirent, Liv. 4, 38, 2.
          3. (γ) With acc.: quaedam, to utter, Quint. 6, 2, 26: multa memoria digna, id. 2, 11, 2.
    2. B. With personal objects, to call upon: voce clara exclamat uxorem tuam, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 68: M. Brutus cruentum pugionem tenens Ciceronem exclamavit, Anton. ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30: aliquem suo nomine, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 6.

* ex-clāro, āre, v. a., to light up, illumine (opp. obscurare), Vitr. 1, 2, 7.

ex-clūdo, si, sum, 3 (perf. sync. exclusti for exclusisti, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 18) [cludo, claudo], to shut out, exclude; to cut off, remove, separate from any thing (class.).

  1. I. Lit.
      1. 1. In gen.: aliquem a portu et perfugio, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 3: aliquem ab re frumentaria, Caes. B. G. 7, 55, 9: aliquem ab acie, id. B. C. 2, 41, 6: Gaditani Poenos moenibus excluserunt, Cic. Balb. 17, 39: nulla exclusura dolentes Janua, Tib. 2, 3, 73.
        With inanimate objects: spissa ramis laurea fervidos Excludet ictus (solis), Hor. C. 2, 15, 10: aquam quae exundante palude in agrum refluere solet, Dig. 39, 3, 1: exclusere diem telis, shut out, obscured, Stat. Th. 8, 412: Euphrates Armeniae regiones a Cappadocia excludens, separating, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 83.
      2. 2. Esp., to shut out, refuse to receive a visitor: quo pacto excludi, quaeso, potis est planius, quam exclusus nunc sum, Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 5: ego excludor, ille recipitur, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 79; id. ib. 1, 1, 4: aliquem foras, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 30; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 18: quae me non excludet ab se, sed apud se occludet domi, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 108; cf.: ut ab illa excludar, huc concludar, Ter. And. 2, 3, 12; Hor. S. 2, 3, 260; Ov. Am. 1, 8, 78; cf.: priusquam Caesar me abs te excludere posset, Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 B. 1.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. To drive out, to put, press, thrust, or take out: excludito mihi hercle oculum, si dedero, i. e. to knock out, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 95: vel oculum exclude, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 96: gemmam, Dig. 10, 4, 6: liquorem, Scrib. Comp. 84: pallio caput, Petr. 32, 2.
        1. b. In partic. of birds, to hatch their young: volucres Ova relinquebant, exclusae tempore verno, Lucr. 5, 802; cf.: gallinae avesque reliquae, cum ex ovis pullos excluserint, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: pullos, id. ib. 2, 48, 124; Col. 8, 5, 7; 8, 14, 11; Suet. Tib. 14 al.
          And transf., by way of pun, to the pupils of the rhetorician Corax (raven): Coracem istum patiamur pullos suos excludere in nido, qui evolent, clamatores odiosi ac molesti, Cic. de Or. 3, 21, 81.
      2. 2. To make prominent (eccl. Lat.), = eminere, Aug. in Psa. 67, § 39; Vulg. Psa. 67, 31; cf. Aug. Spir. et Litt. § 17.
      3. * 3. To close, complete: volumen, Stat. S. 2 praef. fin.
  2. II. Trop., to exclude, except, remove, hinder, prevent: Crassus tres legatos decernit, nec excludit Pompeium, Cic. Fam. 1, 1, 3: excludi ab omni doctrina, id. de Or. 1, 11, 46; cf.: exclusit illum a re publica, id. Phil. 5, 11, 29: ab hereditate fraterna excludi, id. Clu. 11, 31; cf. also: ne anni tempore a navigatione excluderetur, Caes. B. G. 5, 23, 5: ut reditu in Asiam excluderetur, Nep. Them. 5, 1: exceptione excludi, Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 168: multas actiones praetoriis exceptionibus, id. Inv. 1, 19, 57: angustiis temporis excluduntur omnes, id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 148: tempore exclusus, hindered, prevented, Caes. B. G. 6, 31, 1: diei tempore exclusus, id. ib. 7, 11, 5: si qui se in hoc judicium forte projecerint, excluditote eorum cupiditatem, Cic. Cael. 9, 22: servitutem, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 14: consuetudinem libere dicendi, Cic. Phil. 5, 7, 19.
    Hence, * exclūsus, a, um, P. a., shut out, locked out: nunc ego sum exclusissimus, Plaut. Men. 4, 3, 24.

exclūsĭo, ōnis, f. [excludo], a shutting out, exclusion (very rare; not in Cic.): de exclusione verbum nullum, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 8: ventorum, Vitr. 1, 6: exceptio est quasi quaedam exclusio, etc., Dig. 44, 1, 2.

exclūsor, ōris, m. [excludo, I. B.],

  1. I. one who shuts or drives out: daemoniorum, Aug. Serm. 37, 2; id. de Verb. Dom. 2.
  2. II. Esp., a maker of silver vessels: qui de confusione massae noverunt formam vasis exprimere, Aug. in Psa. 67, § 39; id. Spir. et Litt. § 17.

exclūsōrĭus, a, um, adj. [excludo], exclusory (post-class.): exceptio, replicatio, Dig. 44, 1, 2, § 2.

exclūsus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from excludo.

excoctĭo, ōnis, f. [excoquo], a boiling or baking thoroughly (post-class.): calcis, a burning, Cod. Just. 12, 16, 3: panis, a baking, ib. 12, 39, 1.

excoctus, a, um, Part., from excoquo.

excōdĭco, āre, v. excaudico.

excōgĭtātĭo, ōnis, f. [excogito], a thinking out, a contriving, devising, inventing (syn. inventio): quid? illa vis quae tandem est, quae investigat occulta, quae inventio atque excogitatio dicitur? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61: excogitationem non habent difficilem, may be thought out without difficulty, id. de Or. 2, 27, 120: hominum malae artis, Vulg. Sap. 15, 4.

excōgĭtātor, ōris, m. [excogito], a contriver, inventor (post-class.): verborum et nominum, Arn. 3, 119.

1. excōgĭtātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from excogito.

(2. excogitatus, ūs, false reading in Gell. 5, 10 fin., instead of excogitatae.)

ex-cōgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,

  1. I. to find out by thinking, to contrive, devise, invent (freq. and class.; cf.: comminiscor, simulo, confingo, fingo, etc.): quid enim mali aut sceleris fingi aut excogitari potest, quod non ille conceperit? Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7: ad haec igitur cogita, mi Attice, vel potius excogita, id. Att. 9, 6, 7: quid igitur causae excogitari potest, cur? etc., id. Deiot. 7, 20: novam interregni ineundi rationem, id. Rep. 2, 12: aliquid dignum dono deorum aut efficere aut excogitare, id. ib. 3, 3, 4: multa praeterea generatim ad avaritiam excogitabantur, Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 1: aliquid ad ornatum portarum, etc., Hirt. B. G. 8, 51, 2: o callidos homines! o rem excogitatam! Cic. Or. 67, 225: quicquid omnino excogitari contra potest, Quint. 12, 8, 10: res ab illis dicta, non a nobis excogitata, id. 5, 13, 49: in rebus excogitandis (opp. gerendis), Nep. Them. 1 fin.
    Impers.     with ut: excogitatum est a quibusdam ut, etc., Nep. Att. 8, 3; cf. with a subject-sentence: cum recenti fico salis vice caseo vesci nuper excogitatum est, Plin. 15, 19, 21, § 82.
  2. II. Transf., to name: Alpes Poeninas, Amm. 15, 10, 9.
    Hence, * excōgĭtātus, a, um, P. a., sought out, choice: excogitatissimae hostiae, Suet. Calig. 22.

1. ex-cŏlo, cŏlŭi, cultum, 3, v. a., to work carefully, to tend, cultivate.

  1. I. Lit. (very rare, and mostly post-Aug.): vineas, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 48; cf. rura, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 196: victum hominum (boves), Plin. 8, 47, 72, § 187: lanas rudes, i. e. to spin fine, Ov. A. A. 2, 220.
    1. B. Transf., in gen., to improve, polish, adorn, perfect: marmora, quibus solum, quibus parietes excolantur, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 3; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 118; cf.: praetoria xystis et nemoribus, Suet. Aug. 72: urbem adeo, ut jure sit gloriatus marmoream se relinquere, id. ib. 28: aedificium, Dig. 7, 1, 44: fructuarius excolere quod invenit potest, qualitate aedium non immutata, ib. 7, 1, 13, § 7: vagos resecare capillos Doctus et hirsutas excoluisse genas, Mart. 6, 52, 4: triumphum, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 135: tumulum in tropaei modum, Flor. 4, 12: legionarii injecere flammae arma sua, quibus exculti funus celebrabant, Suet. Caes. 84.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To improve, ennoble, refine, perfect (the class. signif. of the word): nihil tam horridum, tam incultum, quod non splendescat oratione et tamquam excolatur, Cic. Parad. prooem. § 3: C. Tuditanus omni vita atque victu excultus atque expolitus, id. Brut. 25, 95; cf.: mansuefactus et excultus, id. Tusc. 1, 25, 62: ex agresti immanique vita exculti ad humanitatem et mitigati sumus, id. Leg. 2, 14, 36: excultus doctrinā, id. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; cf. id. ib. 4, 38, 84; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 15: animos doctrina, Cic. Arch. 6, 12: ingenia disciplinā exculta, id. Or. 15, 48: aetas exculta, id. Rep. 2, 10: quibus rebus exculta hominum vita tantum distat a victu et cultu bestiarum, id. Off. 2, 4, 15: inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, Verg. A. 6, 663: an victus hominum Atheniensium beneficio excoli potuit, oratio non potuit? Cic. Or. 9, 31; so, mores aut studia, Quint. 4 praef. § 3: mores studiis, id. 12, 2, 1; 12, 3, 1; Gell. 13, 5, 2: orationem, Quint. 8, 3, 86; Tac. Or. 22: excultae cujusdam elegantiae, Quint. 6, 3, 20.
    2. B. Of persons, to honor (poet., and very rare, for the class. colere): deos, Phaedr. 4, 11, 10: aliquem, Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 59.

2. ex-cōlo, āre, v. a., to strain out (post-class.): acetum, Pall. Jun. 8, 1: culicem, Vulg. Matt. 23, 24.

* ex-cŏmĕdo, ĕre, v. a., to eat up, consume, App. Herb. 8.

excommūnĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [excommunico], ban of the Church, excommunication, Aug. de Fide, 3 et saep.

ex-commūnĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (lit., to put out of the community; hence, in eccl. Lat.), to lay under the ban of the Church, to excommunicate, Hier. adv. Ruf. 2, 18: aliquem excommunicatum habere, Hilar. Op. Hist. Fragm. 11, 4.

ex-condo, ĕre, v. a., to form, exhibit (post-class.): aliquem, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 18.

ex-congrŭus, a, um, adj., not agreeing, not harmonious: laus, Symm. Or. pro Syn. 5 ed. Mai.

‡ ex-consŭlāris, is, m., one who has been a consul, an ex-consul, Inscr. Grut. 151, 6.

ex-cŏquo, xi, ctum, 3, v. a., to boil out, melt out, dry up.

  1. I. Lit.: usque coquito, dum dimidium excoquas, i. e. you boil away, Cato, R. R. 107, 2: mustum ad dimidium, Col. 12, 19, 1: testudinem vino, to boil thoroughly, Plin. 32, 4, 14, § 38: glebas melle, id. 37, 12, 74, § 194: ferrum (ignis), i. e. to harden, Ov. M. 14, 712: harenas admixto nitro in vitrum, Tac. H. 5, 7: lapide cremato in caminis donec excoquatur in rubricam, Plin. 34, 13, 37, § 135: ignis vitium metallis excoquit, Ov. F. 4, 786: omne per ignes vitium, Verg. G. 1, 88; hence, excoctum argentum, i. e. purified, Gell. 6, 5, 9; cf.: excoxi te, non quasi argentum, Vulg. Isa. 48, 10: imagines excoctae flammis, melted down, Plin. Pan. 52, 5: excoctum parum habet suci, Varr. L. L. 5, § 109 Müll.: terram sol excoquit et facit are, dries up, Lucr. 6, 962; cf.: tam excoctam (ancillam) reddam atque atram quam carbo est, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 63.
    With an abstr. object: cruditatem Laconicis, qs. to boil out, i. e. to drive out by steam-baths, Col. 1 praef. § 16: excocta maturitas hordei, i. e. overripe, Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 80.
  2. II. Trop.: malum alicui, to devise, Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 53 (cf. coquo): mentem, to plague, vex, Sen. Herc. Fur. 105 (cf. coquo).

ex-cŏrĭo, āre, v. a. [corium],

  1. I. to strip of its skin or covering, to skin, strip, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 10, 30; Vulg. Micah, 3, 3.
  2. II. In mal. part., App. M. 10, p. 717 Oud. dub.; cf. Hildebr. ed. min. p. 137, note 3.

* ex-cornis, e, adj. [cornu], without horns: bestia, Tert. Pall. 5.

ex-cors, cordis, adj. [cor, the heart, as the seat of intelligence; v. cor], without intelligence, without understanding, senseless, silly, stupid (class.; cf.: amens, demens, vecors, insanus, vesanus, delirus): aliis cor ipsum animus videtur: ex quo excordes, vecordes, concordesque dicuntur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 9, 18; cf.: an quod aspexit (taurus) vestitu purpureo excordem Caesarem, ipse corde privatus est? id. Div. 2, 16, 36: excors, caecus, incogitabilis, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 63: quae anus tam excors inveniri potest, quae illa extimescat? Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 5; cf.: hoc qui non videt, excors est, id. Phil. 5, 2, 5; and: aperte adulantem nemo non videt, nisi qui admodum est excors, id. Lael. 26, 99: turpis et excors, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 25: tune insanus eris, si acceperis? an magis excors Rejecta praeda? id. S. 2, 3, 67.

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.

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