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exstirpo

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ stirps +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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exstirpō (present infinitive exstirpāre, perfect active exstirpāvī, supine exstirpātum); first conjugation

  1. to uproot, root out
    Synonym: ērādīcō
  2. to eradicate, extirpate

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References

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  • exstirpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exstirpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exstirpo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind: omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare (Amic. 13. 48)
    • to eradicate vice: vitia exstirpare et funditus tollere
    • to eradicate passion from the mind: animi perturbationes exstirpare