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ex-sorbĕo or exorbĕo, ŭi (perf.: exsorpsi, Sen. ad Helv. 10, 9), 2, v. a., to suck out, suck or sup up, suck in, drain (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: ova, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19: sucum, App. Mag. p. 276, 10; Ov. F. 6, 145: gustaras civilem sanguinem, vel potius exsorbueras, Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 71; cf. id. de Or. 1, 52, 225; id. poët. Tusc. 2, 8, 20.
    In mal. part.: viros, to exhaust, Juv. 10, 223.
  2. II. Trop.: animam amborum, to swallow up, to destroy, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 28: praedas, Cic. de Harusp. 27, 59: tristitiam alicui, to remove, Turp. ap. Non. 102, 32: multorum stultitiam perpessus est, arrogantiam pertulit, difficultates exsorbuit, qs. drained to the dregs, Cic. Mur. 9, 19: tot congiaria principum et ingens Capitolii vectigal, Sen. Helv. Cons. 10, 3.

* ex-sordesco (exord-), ĕre, v. inch. n., to become defiled, polluted; trop.: nomen philosophiae illustrissimum in hominibus deterrimis, Gell. 9, 2, 11.

ex-sors (exors), sortis, adj., without lot, i. e. who has not cast a lot, who obtains a thing out of course; also, that for which a lot has not been cast, chosen, choice.

  1. I. Prop. (poet.): te voluit rex magnus Olympi Talibus auspiciis exsortem ducere honorem, Verg. A. 5, 534: ducunt exsortem (equum) Aeneae, id. ib. 8, 552; Val. Fl. 4, 340.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., having no share in, free from, deprived of.
          1. (α) With gen.: dulcis vitae, Verg. A. 6, 428: amicitiae et foederis, Liv. 23, 10, 3: culpae, id. 22, 44, 7: periculi, Tac. A. 6, 10: matrimoniorum, Plin. 5, 8, 8, § 45: cos exsors secandi, incapable of cutting, Hor. A. P. 305.
          2. * (β) With dat.: hospes conflictui huic, Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.