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ex-sicco (exicc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to dry up, make quite dry (class.).
- I. In gen.: arbores, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: sulcos, Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 242.
Transf., of an abstr. subject: ebrietas, donec exsiccetur, is exhaled, passes off, Sen. Q. N. 3, 20 fin.
Trop.: spiritus tristis exsiccat ossa, Vulg. Prov. 17, 22.
- II. In partic., to drain dry, to empty a bottle (= epotare, cum aliqua aviditatis significatione): lagenae furtim exsiccatae, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2; for which poet.: vina culullis, Hor. C. 1, 31, 11; cf. of the sea: mare, Vulg. Nahum, 1, 4 al.
Hence, * exsiccātus (exicc-), a, um, P. a., dried up, dry, jejune: orationis genus, Cic. Brut. 84, 291.
* ex-siccesco (exicc-), ĕre, v. inch. n., to dry up, become quite dry, Vitr. 2, 9, 3.
exībĭlo, exicco, v. exsib-, exsicc-.
ex -sĕco (also exĕco and exĭco, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 34), cŭi, ctum, 1 (perf. subj. exsecaveris, Cato, R. R. 42), v. a., to cut out or away.
- I. Lit. (class.).
- A. In gen.: vitiosas partes, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7: pestem aliquam tamquam strumam civitatis, id. Sest. 65, 135: linguam, id. Clu. 66: cornu (frontis), Hor. S. 1, 5, 59: varices, Sen. Ep. 78 med.: fetum ventri, Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: ventrem, Dig. 28, 2, 12: filium alicui mortuae, ib. 50, 16, 132: nervos, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91: fundum armarii, id. Clu. 64, 179.
- B. In partic., to cut, castrate, geld: vetus haec opinio Graeciam opplevit exsectum Caelum a filio Saturno, Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 63; Suet. Ner. 28; Mart. 6, 2, 2; and in a Greek construction: infelix ferro mollita juventus Atque exsecta virum, Luc. 10, 134.
- II. Trop.: exsectus et exemptus honoribus senatoriis, Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 3.
Poet., of interest: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat (= extorquet, extundit), cuts out, deducts, Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.
exsĭco (exĭc-), āre, v. exseco.