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verb transitive

excaudĭco

2nd PP ex-caudĭcāre · conj. 1st
(), [caudex]
to weed out; root up
to weed out, root up = exstirpare.
Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.— literal
Prop., Lex ap. Front. Aquaed. 129.—
to dig round by extension •
Transf., to dig round, i. q. ablaqueare: ablaqueandae sunt vites, quod Itali excodicare appellant, Pall. Jan. 1.—
to extirpate; root out figuratively •
Trop., to extirpate, root out: silvam libidinum eradicare et excaudicare, Tert. Pudic. 16.
Perseus ID: n16641 Key: excaudico