excerno

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (out of, from) +‎ cernō (separate, sift; discern).

Pronunciation

Verb

excernō (present infinitive excernere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation

  1. to sift out, separate
  2. to keep apart, keep away
  3. to accumulate, proliferate
    Litium series excreverant.
    A succession of lawsuits had accumulated.
  4. (of the body) to excrete, carry off, discharge

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: excrete, excern
  • French: excréter, écerner
  • Italian: escretare, scernere
  • Portuguese: excretar
  • Spanish: excretar

References

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