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.
VI —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 , Ap. Met. 1, 2, 18; exsertior opera, Pacat. Paneg. ad Theod. 35. —Adv.: exserte (acc. to B.), openly , clearly , loudly : clamitans, Ap. Met. 1, 17, 2; jubet, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.— Comp. : consurgere, Amm. 16, 12.— Sup. : egit tribunatum (with severissime), very strictly , rigorously , Spart. Sev. 3.