exsero

ex-sero or exĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a.; to stretch out or forth, to thrust out, put forth, to take out (mostly post-Aug.).

I.

Lit.:

Gallus linguam ab irrisu exserens,

Liv. 7, 10, 5:

linguam per os,

Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82:

manum subter togam ad mentum,

Liv. 8, 9, 5:

brachia aquis,

Ov. M. 2, 271:

caput ponto,

id. ib. 13, 838;

for which: caput ab Oceano,

Luc. 5, 598; cf.:

herba Exserit e tepida molle cacumen humo,

Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12:

enses,

id. F. 3, 814:

creverat infans Quaerebatque viam, qua se exsereret,

might come forth, id. M. 10, 505:

se domicilio (cochleae),

Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101:

radicem ejus exserito,

take out, tear up, Col. 12, 58, 1:

vincula,

i. e. to throw off, id. 8, 8, 12.—

B.

In partic., of parts of the body, exsertus, a, um, protruding from the dress, bare, uncovered: dextris humeris exsertis, bared, * Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2; cf. Verg. A. 1, 492; Stat. Ach. 1, 346; cf.

transf. of the person: exsertus humero,

Sil. 8, 587;

and in Greek construction: exserti ingentes humeros,

Stat. Th. 4, 235:

unum exserta latus Camilla,

Verg. A. 11, 649:

truces exserta manus,

Val. Fl. 2, 207; also absol.:

exsertique manus vesana Cethegi,

tucked up, prepared for the fight, Luc. 2, 543:

Latona,

Stat. Th. 9, 681.—

II.

Trop.

A.

In gen.:

exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti,

will avail myself of, make use of, Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2:

secreta mentis ore exserit,

discloses, Sen. Herc. Oet. 255.—

B.

In partic., to reveal, show, with an object-clause, Phaedr. 1, 12, 2:

paulatim principem exseruit,

i. e. showed himself as, Suet. Tib. 33. —Hence, exsertus ( exert- ), a, um, P. a.

A.

Thrust forth, projecting:

dentes apro, elephanto, etc.,

Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160.—

B.

Open, evident, conspicuous:

exserto bello,

Stat. S. 5, 2, 39:

cachinnus,

i. e. unrestrained, loud, App. M. 1, p. 103, 15:

exsertior opera,

Pacat. Paneg. ad Theod. 35. — Adv.: exserte (acc. to B.), openly, clearly, loudly:

clamitans,

App. M. 1, p. 109:

jubet,

Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.— Comp.:

consurgere,

Amm. 16, 12.— Sup.:

egit tribunatum (with severissime),

very strictly, rigorously, Spart. Sev. 3.