exuo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ *uō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.su.oː/, [ˈɛks̠uoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.su.o/, [ˈɛksuo]

Verb

exuō (present infinitive exuere, perfect active exuī, supine exūtum); third conjugation

to extract, take out, draw out, pull off
Synonyms: extrahō, excipiō, exciō, ēdūcō

Antonyms: intrōferō, īnserō, īnferō, īnsertō
to free
Synonyms: eximō, līberō, absolvō, vindicō, exonerō, excipiō, prīvō

Antonyms: refrēnō, coerceō, saepiō, officiō, obstō, comprimō, impediō, arceō, supprimō
to take off (clothes, shoes); doff
Synonyms: nūdō, spoliō

Antonyms: velō, indūcō, induō, saepiō, sūmō
- c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.18:
  manticam meam umerō exuō
  I take off my sack from my shoulder
to refuse
(figuratively) put off, away, or out; take or strip off or away; remove; free from; lay or set aside
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.318–319:
  “[...] Miserēre domus lābentis, et istam —
  ōrō, sī quis adhūc precibus locus — exue mentem.”
  “Take pity on a house that is falling, and that [plan of yours] — I beg [you], if yet there is any place for prayers — put [it] out of your mind.”

Conjugation

Conjugation of exuō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exuō	exuis	exuit	exuimus	exuitis	exuunt
	imperfect	exuēbam	exuēbās	exuēbat	exuēbāmus	exuēbātis	exuēbant
	future	exuam	exuēs	exuet	exuēmus	exuētis	exuent
	perfect	exuī	exuistī	exuit	exuimus	exuistis	exuērunt, exuēre
	pluperfect	exueram	exuerās	exuerat	exuerāmus	exuerātis	exuerant
	future perfect	exuerō	exueris	exuerit	exuerimus	exueritis	exuerint
	sigmatic future¹	exussō	exussis	exussit	exussimus	exussitis	exussint
passive	present	exuor	exueris, exuere	exuitur	exuimur	exuiminī	exuuntur
	imperfect	exuēbar	exuēbāris, exuēbāre	exuēbātur	exuēbāmur	exuēbāminī	exuēbantur
	future	exuar	exuēris, exuēre	exuētur	exuēmur	exuēminī	exuentur
	perfect	exūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exuam	exuās	exuat	exuāmus	exuātis	exuant
	imperfect	exuerem	exuerēs	exueret	exuerēmus	exuerētis	exuerent
	perfect	exuerim	exuerīs	exuerit	exuerīmus	exuerītis	exuerint
	pluperfect	exuissem	exuissēs	exuisset	exuissēmus	exuissētis	exuissent
	sigmatic aorist¹	exussim	exussīs	exussīt	exussīmus	exussītis	exussint
passive	present	exuar	exuāris, exuāre	exuātur	exuāmur	exuāminī	exuantur
	imperfect	exuerer	exuerēris, exuerēre	exuerētur	exuerēmur	exuerēminī	exuerentur
	perfect	exūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exue	—	—	exuite	—
active	future	—	exuitō	exuitō	—	exuitōte	exuuntō
passive	present	—	exuere	—	—	exuiminī	—
passive	future	—	exuitor	exuitor	—	—	exuuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exuere	exuisse	exūtūrum esse	exuī	exūtum esse	exūtum īrī
participles		exuēns	—	exūtūrus	—	exūtus	exuendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exuendī	exuendō	exuendum	exuendō	exūtum	exūtū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Derived terms

Related terms

induō

References

“exuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“exuo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
exuo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity: omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)
- to undress: vestem ponere (exuere)
- to shake off the yoke of slavery: servitutem exuere (Liv. 34. 7)
- to disarm a person: armis (castris) exuere aliquem