verb transitive

exhaurĭo

2nd PP ex-haurīre · 3rd PP exhausi · 4th PP exhaustum · conj. 4th

(fut. part. act. exhausurus, Sen. Ep. 51, 6)

to draw out; to empty by drawing; to exhaust

, to draw out, to empty by drawing, to exhaust (class., esp. in the transf. and trop. senses).

of liquids: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam… literal ••

Lit., of liquids: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant, pump out, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17; cf. id. Cat. 1, 5, 12: vinum, i. e. to drink up, id. Phil. 2, 25, 63: exhausto jam flumine, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 63. cf.: exhaustum poculum, emptied, Cic. Clu. 11, 31: exhaustus repente perennis exaruit fons, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 5; cf.: tacent exhausti solibus amnes, Stat. Th. 3, 259.—

to take out; empty out; to make empty by extension •••

Transf., of things not liquid, to take out, empty out, to make empty, to exhaust: terram manibus sagulisque, Caes. B. G. 5, 42, 3: humum ligonibus, Hor. Epod. 5, 31: pecuniam ex aerario, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf. aerarium, i. e. to empty, exhaust, id. Vat. 2, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164: praedam ex agris urbibusque sociorum, id. Pis. 21, 48; cf.: oppidum diripiendum militi dedit: exhaustis deinde tectis ignem injecit, completely pillaged, Liv. 10, 44, 2 Drak.: reliquum spiritum, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; cf. id. ib. 21, 48 infra, and Halm ad loc.: exhauriri, drained of money impoverished, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2 fin.: provinciam sumptibus et jacturis, id. Att. 6, 1, 2: plebem impensis (aedificandi), Liv. 6, 5, 5: socios commeatibus, id. 37, 19, 4: heredem legatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9: facultates patriae, Nep. Hann. 6; cf. vires, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6: genas, i. e. to make bloodless, pale, Stat. Th. 10, 168: velut exhausta pullulet arca nummus, Juv. 6, 363.

(according as the notion of taking away or of leaving empty predominates). figuratively

Trop. (according as the notion of taking away or of leaving empty predominates).

To take away; remove ••

To take away, remove: libentius omnes meas laudes ad te transfuderim, quam aliquam partem exhauserim ex tuis, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4: alicui dolorem, id. ib. 5, 16, 4: sibi manu vitam, id. Sest. 21, 48; cf. id. ib. 37, 80: exhausta vis ingens aeris alieni est, cleared off, Liv. 7, 21, 8: Scurra exhausto rubore (i. e. pudore), Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: ad multorum exhaurienda peccata, Vulg. Hebr. 9, 28.—

To exhaust; bring to an end; to exhaust in speaking •••

To exhaust, bring to an end: tantus fuit amor, ut exhauriri nulla posset injuria, be exhausted, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4; cf.: amicorum benignitas exhausta est in ea re, id. ib. 4, 2, 7: unius ambulationis sermone exhaurire (quae sollicitant anguntque), to exhaust in speaking, i. e. to discuss thoroughly, id. ib. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. de Or. 3, 26, 102: exhaustus est sermo hominum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: deinde exhauriri mea mandata, to be accomplished, fulfilled, id. Att. 5, 13, 3; cf.: mandavi omnia, quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries, id. ib. 5, 6, 2: labores, to endure, undergo, Liv. 21, 21, 8: laborem, periculum, id. 21, 30, 9 Drak.; 25, 31, 7; 26, 31, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1; Stat. Th. 6. 236 al.: bella, Verg. A. 4, 14: vastae pericula terrae, id. ib. 10, 57; cf.: dura et aspera belli, Liv. 33, 11, 6: poenarum exhaustum satis est, executed, inflicted, Verg. A. 9, 356: exhausta nocte, spent, Tac. H. 4, 29: exhaustus cliens, worn out, Juv. 9, 59.

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