(verb) : ex-ūro, ussi, ustum, 3
* To burn out, burn up, consume (class.; syn.: incendo, accendo, inflammo, cremo).
* Lit.: illic oculos exuram lampadibus ardentibus,Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 86; 88: fores,id. Pers. 4, 4, 20: domi suae vivus exustus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 27, § 70: vicos complures,id. de Imp. Pomp. 2, 5: classem Argivum,Verg. A. 1, 39.
* Transf., to dry up: loca exusta solis ardoribus,Sall. J. 19, 6: paludem,Verg. G. 3, 432: lacus,Phaedr. 1, 6, 7: agrum,Verg. G. 1, 107: res exustae torrentibus auris,Lucr. 5, 410: caseum (sol),Col. 7, 8, 5: segetem,Plin. 17, 9, 7, § 56: aliquem (sitis),Lucr. 3, 917; Curt. 4, 16, 7: Pyrrhus Italiam bellis saevissimis exurens,laying waste, devastating,Amm. 21, 1.
* Trop.
* To set on fire, kindle, inflame: (Venus) volt exurere divos,Tib. 4, 2, 5; cf. Sen. Agam. 665 sq.
* To consume, destroy: aliis scelus exuritur igni,Verg. A. 6, 742: exustus flos veteris ubertatis,dried up,Cic. Brut. 4, 16.

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