exauctoro

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ auctōrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to release or discharge from military service; either:
    1. honourably
    2. dishonourably
      • 61 CEc. 112 CE, Pliny the Younger, Epistulae 6.31:
        Caesar excussis probationibus centurionem exauctoravit atque etiam relegavit.
        Caesar, on the examined evidence, discharged and furthermore banished the centurion.
  2. (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.