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ex-haurĭo, hausi, haustum, 4, v. a. (fut. part. act. exhausurus, Sen. Ep. 51, 6), to draw out, to empty by drawing, to exhaust (class., esp. in the transf. and trop. senses).

  1. I. Lit., of liquids: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant, pump out, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17; cf. id. Cat. 1, 5, 12: vinum, i. e. to drink up, id. Phil. 2, 25, 63: exhausto jam flumine, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 63; cf.: exhaustum poculum, emptied, Cic. Clu. 11, 31: exhaustus repente perennis exaruit fons, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 5; cf.: tacent exhausti solibus amnes, Stat. Th. 3, 259.
    1. B. Transf., of things not liquid, to take out, empty out, to make empty, to exhaust: terram manibus sagulisque, Caes. B. G. 5, 42, 3: humum ligonibus, Hor. Epod. 5, 31: pecuniam ex aerario, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf. aerarium, i. e. to empty, exhaust, id. Vat. 2, 5; id. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164: praedam ex agris urbibusque sociorum, id. Pis. 21, 48; cf.: oppidum diripiendum militi dedit: exhaustis deinde tectis ignem injecit, completely pillaged, Liv. 10, 44, 2 Drak.: reliquum spiritum, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; cf. id. ib. 21, 48 infra, and Halm ad loc.: exhauriri, drained of money impoverished, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2 fin.: provinciam sumptibus et jacturis, id. Att. 6, 1, 2: plebem impensis (aedificandi), Liv. 6, 5, 5: socios commeatibus, id. 37, 19, 4: heredem legatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9: facultates patriae, Nep. Hann. 6; cf. vires, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6: genas, i. e. to make bloodless, pale, Stat. Th. 10, 168: velut exhausta pullulet arca nummus, Juv. 6, 363.
  2. II. Trop. (according as the notion of taking away or of leaving empty predominates).
    1. A. To take away, remove: libentius omnes meas laudes ad te transfuderim, quam aliquam partem exhauserim ex tuis, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4: alicui dolorem, id. ib. 5, 16, 4: sibi manu vitam, id. Sest. 21, 48; cf. id. ib. 37, 80: exhausta vis ingens aeris alieni est, cleared off, Liv. 7, 21, 8: Scurra exhausto rubore (i. e. pudore), Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: ad multorum exhaurienda peccata, Vulg. Hebr. 9, 28.
    2. B. To exhaust, bring to an end: tantus fuit amor, ut exhauriri nulla posset injuria, be exhausted, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4; cf.: amicorum benignitas exhausta est in ea re, id. ib. 4, 2, 7: unius ambulationis sermone exhaurire (quae sollicitant anguntque), to exhaust in speaking, i. e. to discuss thoroughly, id. ib. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. de Or. 3, 26, 102: exhaustus est sermo hominum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: deinde exhauriri mea mandata, to be accomplished, fulfilled, id. Att. 5, 13, 3; cf.: mandavi omnia, quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries, id. ib. 5, 6, 2: labores, to endure, undergo, Liv. 21, 21, 8: laborem, periculum, id. 21, 30, 9 Drak.; 25, 31, 7; 26, 31, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1; Stat. Th. 6. 236 al.: bella, Verg. A. 4, 14: vastae pericula terrae, id. ib. 10, 57; cf.: dura et aspera belli, Liv. 33, 11, 6: poenarum exhaustum satis est, executed, inflicted, Verg. A. 9, 356: exhausta nocte, spent, Tac. H. 4, 29: exhaustus cliens, worn out, Juv. 9, 59.