ex-ŏnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to free from a burden , to disburden , unload , discharge (not freq. till after the Aug. per.; in Cic. and Caes. not at all).
I Lit.: navem, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 26; Auct. B. Afr. 8, 1; cf.: navigia jactu, Sen. Contr. 4, 4: alvum, Plin. 10, 44, 61, § 126; cf. ventrem, Suet. Vesp. 2; Mart. 10, 48, 7: stomachum nausea gravem, Petr. 103: vesicam, id. 27: morbidum corpus (profluvio sanguinis), Plin. 8, 26, 40, § 96: velut exoneratus sentinā (nautilus), id. 9, 29, 47, § 88: nec amnes tantum sed lacus quoque in Padum sese exonerantes, id. 3, 16, 20, § 118: plenas exonerare colos, to empty , spin off , Ov. F. 3, 818: ut eam ex hoc exoneres agro, i. e. to send off , Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 34; cf.: exonerata plebe coloniis deductis, Liv. 10, 6, 3: multitudo proximas in terras exonerata, Tac. H. 5, 2.—
II Trop., to relieve , free : exonera civitatem vano forsitan metu, Liv. 2, 2, 7; cf.: parte curae senatum, id. 10, 21, 5: animum sollicitudine, Curt. 4, 13: exonerata fide mea, quid ultra facere possum, quam uti? etc., exonerated , Liv. 42, 13 fin. : conscientiam suam, Curt. 6, 8: se, id. 6, 9: aliquid in quaslibet aures, to confide , Sen. Ep. 3; cf.: exonerari laborum meorum partem fateor, is discharged , removed , Tac. A. 3, 54: dolorem convicio, to vent , Petr. 123: aes alienum, to clear off , pay off , Dig. 23, 3, 5, § 10.