exigo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ agō (“I drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.si.ɡoː/, [ˈɛks̠ɪɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.si.ɡo/, [ˈɛksiɡo]

Verb

exigō (present infinitive exigere, perfect active exēgī, supine exāctum); third conjugation

1. I drive out; expel.

   Synonyms: ablēgō, exsulō, pellō, ēiciō, ēmittō, fugō

2. I demand, require; enforce, exact (pay).

   Synonyms: requīrō, flagito, rogo, efflagito, exposco, exoro, precor, peto, expeto, quaesō, rogitō, repeto, prehenso

   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.593-594:

     ‘et caput et rēgnum faciō dōtāle parentis:
     sī vir es, ī, dictās exige dōtis opēs.’

     “The head and the kingdom of my parent I make [my] dowry: If you are a man, go, exact the wealth of the dowry having been declared.”
     (Tullia Minor goads her husband, Lucius Tarquinius, to murder her father, King Servius Tullius.)

3. I execute, complete a task.
4. I measure against a standard; weigh.
5. I determine, find out, ascertain.
6. I examine, consider, test.
7. I endure, undergo.
8. (of time) I spend, pass.
9. I bring to an end, conclude, finish, complete.

Conjugation

Conjugation of exigō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exigō	exigis	exigit	exigimus	exigitis	exigunt
	imperfect	exigēbam	exigēbās	exigēbat	exigēbāmus	exigēbātis	exigēbant
	future	exigam	exigēs	exiget	exigēmus	exigētis	exigent
	perfect	exēgī	exēgistī	exēgit	exēgimus	exēgistis	exēgērunt, exēgēre
	pluperfect	exēgeram	exēgerās	exēgerat	exēgerāmus	exēgerātis	exēgerant
	future perfect	exēgerō	exēgeris	exēgerit	exēgerimus	exēgeritis	exēgerint
passive	present	exigor	exigeris, exigere	exigitur	exigimur	exigiminī	exiguntur
	imperfect	exigēbar	exigēbāris, exigēbāre	exigēbātur	exigēbāmur	exigēbāminī	exigēbantur
	future	exigar	exigēris, exigēre	exigētur	exigēmur	exigēminī	exigentur
	perfect	exāctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exāctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exāctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exigam	exigās	exigat	exigāmus	exigātis	exigant
	imperfect	exigerem	exigerēs	exigeret	exigerēmus	exigerētis	exigerent
	perfect	exēgerim	exēgerīs	exēgerit	exēgerīmus	exēgerītis	exēgerint
	pluperfect	exēgissem	exēgissēs	exēgisset	exēgissēmus	exēgissētis	exēgissent
passive	present	exigar	exigāris, exigāre	exigātur	exigāmur	exigāminī	exigantur
	imperfect	exigerer	exigerēris, exigerēre	exigerētur	exigerēmur	exigerēminī	exigerentur
	perfect	exāctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exāctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exige	—	—	exigite	—
	future	—	exigitō	exigitō	—	exigitōte	exiguntō
passive	present	—	exigere	—	—	exigiminī	—
	future	—	exigitor	exigitor	—	—	exiguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exigere	exēgisse	exāctūrum esse	exigī	exāctum esse	exāctum īrī
participles		exigēns	—	exāctūrus	—	exāctus	exigendus, exigundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exigendī	exigendō	exigendum	exigendō	exāctum	exāctū

Derived terms

• exāctor
• exāctus
• exagium
• exāmen
• exiguus

Descendants

• → Asturian: esixir
• → Catalan: exigir
• → French: exiger
• → Galician: esixir
• → Italian: esigere
• → Occitan: exigir
• → Piedmontese: esige
• → Portuguese: exigir
• → Romanian: exige
• → Spanish: exigir

References

• “exigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exigo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exigo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
    
  • to hiss an actor off the stage: histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigere
    
  • to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
    
  • to demand payment of, recover debts: nomina exigere (Verr. 3. 10. 28)
    
  • to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)