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exanimo
exanimo
Latin
Verb
exanimō (present infinitive exanimāre, perfect active exanimāvī, supine exanimātum); first conjugation
- I deprive of air or wind; deflate; weaken, exhaust.
- I deprive of life, kill, wear out.
- (in a passive sense) I am out of breath, am weakened or am exhausted.
- (in a passive sense) I am deprived of life, am killed, or am dead.
- (figuratively) I deprive of spirit or life; alarm or terrify greatly, stun; agitate, trouble.
Inflection
Derived terms
- exanimābiliter
- exanimātiō
- exanimātus
Related terms
- animō
- redanimō
Descendants
- English: exanimate
- Italian: esanimare
References
- exanimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- exanimo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exanimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to run till one is out of breath: cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1)
- a man is paralysed with fear: metus aliquem exanimat (Mil. 24. 65)
- to run till one is out of breath: cursu exanimari (B.G. 2. 23. 1)