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LNS

exstirpō, exstirpāre, exstirpāvī, exstirpātus

extirpō, extirpāre, extirpāvī, extirpātus

exstirpo, extirpo

verb (1^st conjugation)

to pluck up by the stem or root, to root out, extirpate
to root out, eradicate, extirpate

Abbreviations

ex-stirpo (ext-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to pluck up by the stem or root, to root out, extirpate. Lit. (only post-Aug.): arbores, Curt. 7, 8, 7; cf. lucos, id. 7, 5, 17; and: silva exstirpata procellis, Prud. Hamart. 241: pilos de corpore toto, Mart. 6, 56, 3.

— Transf.: silvestris ager decrescente luna utilissime exstirpatur, is cleared from stubble, Col. 11, 2, 52: agros arboribus atque virgultis, Pall. Jul. 1, 1.

— Trop., to root out, eradicate, extirpate (class.): vitia et funditus tollere, Cic. Fat 5, 11: ex animo humanitatem, id. Lael. 13, 48: perturbationes, id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: nomina inimica libertati, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16 med.: virtutem Israel, Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 35.