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exutus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exuō.

Participle

exūtus (feminine exūta, neuter exūtum); first/second-declension participle

  1. pulled off; laid aside, cast off
  2. stripped, undressed
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 3.23:
      Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?
      But, as I almost forgot to ask you, with what incantation or action will I strip off those little feathers and return to my old self again?

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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