exculco

ex-culco, āvi, ātum, 1 [calco], to tread or beat out (very rare; not in Cic.).

I.

Lit.:

ex dominis meis pugnis furfures,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.—

* II.

Transf., to tread down, to stamp firm or close:

singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,

rammed down, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7 Oud.— Hence, * exculcātus, a, um, P. a. (trodden out, worn out by treading; trop.), worn out:

verba nimis obsoleta exculcataque,

Gell. 11, 7, 1.