exauctoro

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

exauctōrō (present infinitive exauctōrāre, perfect active exauctōrāvī, supine exauctōrātum); first conjugation

  1. to release or discharge honourably from military service
  2. to discharge or dismiss dishonourably from military service
    • Pliny the Younger, Book 6, Epistle 31 to Cornelian:
      Caesar excussis probationibus centurionem exauctoravit atque etiam relegavit.
      Caesar, on the examined evidence, discharged and furthermore banished the centurion.
  3. (figuratively) to dismiss, discard or cashier (for ignominious cause)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: exauthorate
  • Italian: esautorare

References

  • exauctoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exauctoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exauctoro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.