Lewis Short
ex-tĕro, trīvi, trītum, 3
* To rub out, bring out by rubbing; to remove by rubbing, to rub off or away (rare; not in Cic.).
* Lit.: extritus viribus ignis,Lucr. 5, 1098: jumentorum ungulis e spica exteruntur grana,Varr. R. R. 1, 52, 2: messem,Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298; Col. 2, 9, 11: littera extrita,elided,Varr. L. L. 5, § 96 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 1, 7: gemma politur ex marmore, ut inutilia exterantur,Plin. 37, 10, 62, § 172: opus poliat lima, non exterat,Quint. 10, 4, 4: rubiginem ferro,Plin. 31, 6, 33, § 66: congestas exteret ille nives,will tread down, crush,Ov. Am. 1, 9, 12; cf.: anima hominis magno pondere extriti,crushed,Sen. Ep. 57 med.
* Trop., to wear out by use, to use up: tabes mercium aut fraus Seplasiae sic exteritur,Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108 Sillig (Jan. taxetur).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary