exta

Latin

Pronunciation

• exta:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.sta]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.sta]
• extā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.staː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛk.sta]

Etymology 1

Quasi-haplology of exsecta, neuter plural of exsectus, perfect passive participle of exsecō (“to cut out”).

Noun

exta n pl (genitive extōrum); second declension

1. the bowels or entrails of animals, especially the heart, lungs, and liver
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.711–712:

     ecce, nefās vīsū, mediīs altāribus anguis
     exit et extīnctīs ignibus exta rapit

     Behold, a dreadful sight! A snake emerges from amid the altars
     and seizes the entrails from the extinguished flames.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	exta
genitive	extōrum
dative	extīs
accusative	exta
ablative	extīs
vocative	exta

Derived terms

• extispex

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

extā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of extō

References

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