exstirpo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ex- +‎ stirps +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

exstirpō (present infinitive exstirpāre, perfect active exstirpāvī, supine exstirpātum); first conjugation

  1. to uproot, root out
    Synonym: ērādīcō
  2. to eradicate, extirpate

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: extirpar (learned)
  • English: extirpate, extirp (learned)
  • > Franco-Provençal: ètèrpar (inherited); èxtirpar (learned)
  • > French: étréper (inherited); extirper (learned)
  • Galician: extirpar (learned)
  • Italian: estirpare (learned)
  • Portuguese: extirpar (learned)
  • Spanish: extirpar (learned)

References

  • exstirpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exstirpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exstirpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind: omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare (Amic. 13. 48)
    • to eradicate vice: vitia exstirpare et funditus tollere
    • to eradicate passion from the mind: animi perturbationes exstirpare