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noun

exactĭo

gen. exactōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd
A driving out; expelling •
A driving out, expelling: (regum), Cic. de Or. 1, 9, 37 (perh. only on account of the preceding exactis regibus).—
A demanding; exacting; requisition
A demanding, exacting, requisition.
the supervision; conduct •
In gen.: in exhibendis operariis, Lact. Mort. Pers. 7, 8: quotidiana, operis, Col. 11, 1, 26.—Hence, the supervision, conduct of a public work; cf. exactor, II. A.: operum publicorum, Cic. Dom. 20, 51.—Far more freq.,
a calling in; collecting •
In partic., a calling in, collecting of debts, Cic. Att. 5, 1; id. Leg. 2, 20, 51; Liv. 38, 38; Dig. 42, 8, 24: vectigalium, Vulg. 2 Macc. 4, 28 et saep.—
a tax; tribute; impost by extension •
Transf., a tax, tribute, impost: acerbissima capitum atque ostiorum, poll and hearth tax, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5: publicae, Asin. Pol. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 32; cf. illicitae, Tac. A. 13, 51; and: exactionum coactor (pater Horatii), Suet. Vita Hor.—
A finishing; completion
A finishing, completion, Vitr. 3, 1; 6, 11; Aus. Idyll. 11, 5.
Perseus ID: n16530 Key: exactio