ex-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo; cf. adimo and demo], to take out, take away, remove (class.; syn.: demo, adimo, eripio, furor, etc.).
I Lit.
A In gen. (with de , ex , or simple abl.; rare with dat.): eximito (acina) de dolio, Cato R. R. 112, 3: oleas, ulmos bene cum radicibus, id. ib. 28, 1: medullam e caule, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 116: dentem alicui, Cels. 6, 9; Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 181; cf.: lienem cani viventi, id. 30, 6, 17, § 51; and: lapillos ventre crocodili, id. 28, 8, 28, § 107: telum, Quint. 9, 2, 75: gladium, Vulg. Matt. 26, 51; cf.: quid te exempta juvat spinis de pluribus una? Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 212: eximi jubet non diem ex mense, sed ex anno unum mensem, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 139: ne tu ex reis eximerere, id. ib. 2, 2, 40, § 99; for which: aliquem de reis, id. ib. 2, 4, 19, § 41: cf.: ut auctores alios omnino exemerint numero, Quint. 1, 4, 3; with which cf.: Phraaten numero beatorum Eximit virtus, Hor. C. 2, 2, 19: qui turbae quamvis bonorum auctorum eximatur, Quint. 10, 1, 74.—
B In partic., pregn., to free , release , deliver : eum tamquam e vinculis eximamus, Cic. Or. 23, 77: aliquos ex obsidione, id. Fam. 5, 6, 2; for which: aliquos (urbem) obsidione, Liv. 38, 15, 5: ibi circumsessus adventu fratris obsidione eximitur, id. 24, 41, 6; 36, 13, 1; 37, 22, 3.
II Trop.
A In gen., to take away , remove , banish : quod si exemeris ex rerum natura benevolentiae conjunctionem, Cic. Lael. 7, 23: alicui lassitudinem, Plaut. Merc. 1, 17; cf.: illud, quod me angebat, non eximis, Cic. Tusc. 2, 2, 29: hic dies vere mihi festus atras Eximet curas, Hor. C. 3, 14, 14: onus sollicitis animis, id. Ep. 1, 5, 18: eam religionem (augures), Liv. 4, 31, 4: dubitationem hujus utilitatis, Quint. 1, 10, 28: quamquam res adversae consilium eximerent, Tac. A. 11, 32; 1, 32; 13, 15: aliquid memoriae, Suet. Claud. 11 et saep.: exemptā fine patere, i. e. without end , Lucr. 1, 976; 1, 1007.— Pass. impers. : plurimis mortalium non eximitur, quin primo cujusque ortu ventura destinentur, the idea is not taken from them , i. e. they cannot be convinced but that , etc., Tac. A. 6, 22.—
B In partic.
1 To free , release , deliver from any thing; constr. with ex , the abl., since the Aug. per. freq. with dat., rarely with de : aliquem metu, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 13: ita me exemisti Philocratem fallaciis, id. Capt. 3, 5, 16; cf.: iis (rationibus) accusator ad alios ex culpa eximendos abutetur, Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24: ex miseriis plurimis me, Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 3: se ex catenis, id. Men. 1, 1, 8: ex servitute, Liv. 37, 56, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 16: aliquem crimine, Liv. 6, 24, 8: cf.: qui servitute exempti fuerant, id. 34, 52 fin. : cives servitio, id. 28, 39, 18; 27, 22, 3; 33, 23, 2; Plin. Ep. 4, 24, 3: non noxae (al. noxa) eximitur C. Fabius, qui, etc., Liv. 8, 35, 5 Drak. N. cr.; cf.: supplicio magis quam crimini exemptus est, Curt. 7, 1, 6: servitio, id. 6, 3, 3: aliquem sceleri, Val. Fl. 2, 256: morti, Tac. A. 14, 48: infamiae, id. ib. 1, 48: legiones adversae pugnae, id. ib. 1, 64: Pisonem ignominiae, id. ib. 3, 18: ut morte honesta contumeliis captivitatis eximeretur, id. ib. 12, 51: querelae, Sen. Ben. 6, 9, 1: notae jam destinatae, Gell. 4, 20, 9: poenae, Dig. 48, 10, 22, § 4: opinionibus vulgi, Quint. 12, 2, 28 et saep.: exime hunc mihi scrupulum, Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2: 6, 8, 7: Romanis dubitationem, Liv. 34, 37, 6: de proscriptorum numero, Nep. Att. 10, 4: agrum de vectigalibus, to exempt , Cic. Phil. 2, 39, 101.— Absol. : nec sorte (opus fuisse) nisi quod se quisque eximi voluerit, Quint. 4, 2, 74.—
2 Of time, to consume , waste : Clodius rogatus diem dicendo eximere coepit, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 1, 3; cf.: Metellus calumnia dicendi tempus exemit, id. Att. 4, 3, 3: diem, Liv. 1, 50, 8; so, tempus, Suet. Oth. 6: diem, Plin. Ep. 5, 21, 2: male aetatem, Sen. Q. N. 3, 1: anno exempto, Pall. 3, 17 fin. : horam eximere ullam in tali cive liberando sine scelere non possumus, lose , waste , Cic. Phil. 6, 3, 7 B. and K.—
3 To except , leave out of consideration: leges, si majestatis quaestio eximeretur, bono in usu, Tac. A. 4, 6.—
4 Law t. t., to detain , prevent from appearing in court : eum qui in jus vocatur, Gai Inst. 4, 46.