(P. a.) : 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.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* 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.
* In partic., to reveal, show, with an object-clause, Phaedr. 1, 12, 2: paulatim principem exseruit,i. e. showed himself as,Suet. Tib. 33. —Hence, exsertus (exert-), a, um
* Thrust forth, projecting: dentes apro, elephanto, etc.,Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160.
* Open, evident, conspicuous: exserto bello,Stat. S. 5, 2, 39: cachinnus,i. e. unrestrained, loud,App. M. 1, p. 103, 15: exsertior opera,Pacat. Paneg. ad Theod. 35. —Adv.: exserte (acc. to B.), openly, clearly, loudly: clamitans,App. M. 1, p. 109: jubet,Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.—Comp.: consurgere,Amm. 16, 12.—Sup.: egit tribunatum (with severissime),very strictly, rigorously,Spart. Sev. 3.

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