Latin

Verb

exigō ‎(present infinitive exigere, perfect active exēgī, supine exāctum); third conjugation

1. I drive out; expel.
2. I demand, require; enforce, exact (pay).
3. I execute, complete a task.
4. I measure against a standard; weigh.
5. I determine, find out, ascertain.
6. I examine, consider, test.
7. I endure, undergo.
8. (of time) I spend, pass.
9. I bring to an end, conclude, finish, complete.

Inflection

Derived terms

• exactus
• exagium
• examen
• exiguus

Descendants

• Catalan: exigir
• English: exact
• French: exiger
• Italian: esigere
• Portuguese: exigir
• Spanish: exigir

References

• exigo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exigo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “exigo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
    
  • to hiss an actor off the stage: histrionem exsibilare, explodere, eicere, exigere
    
  • to demand payment: pecuniam exigere (acerbe)
    
  • to demand payment of, recover debts: nomina exigere (Verr. 3. 10. 28)
    
  • to exact the taxes (with severity): vectigalia exigere (acerbe)