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ex-cerno, crēvi, crētum, 3, v. a., to sift out, to separate (perh. not ante-Aug.).
- 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.
- II. In partic.
- A. To keep apart, keep away: multi jam excretos prohibent a matribus haedos, Verg. G. 3, 398 Heyne and Forbig. ad loc.
- B. To carry off, discharge (from the body): venter excernit mollia, Cels. 2, 8: quae excreturi sumus, id. 4, 1 al.
1. excrētus, a, um, separated; Part., from excerno.
2. excrētus, a, um, grown up; P. a., from excresco.