verb transitive

ex-sūgo

2nd PP ex-sūgere · 3rd PP xi · 4th PP ex-sūgctum · conj. 3rd

(), (anteclass. forms of second conj.

to suck out; sucked out; dried up ••

imper. exsugeto, Cato, R. R. 156, 3; fut. exsugebo, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 5), v. a., to suck out: umorem, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 15: liquorem de materia, Vitr. 2, 8, 2: sanguinem alicui (alicujus), Plaut. Poen. 3, 2, 37; id. Ep. 2, 2, 5: vulnus, Cels. 5, 27, 3; cf. venena, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 57. —Hence, exsuctus (exuct-), a, um, P. a., sucked out, dried up: segetes exsuctiores, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 11: infirmum corpus et exsuctum, Sen. Ep. 30, 1.

Perseus ID: n17283 Key: exsugo