exserto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

exserto (exert-), āre, v. freq. a. [exsero].

I To stretch out , thrust forth : Scyllam Ora exsertantem, Verg. A. 3, 425: linguam, Claud. Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13: lacertos, Amm. 14, 2, 7: aurem per aulaeum, i. e. listening eagerly , id. 14, 9, 3.—*

II (Acc. to exsero, I. B.) To uncover , to bare : humeros, Stat. Th. 1, 412.

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