exsilio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

ex- +‎ salio.

Pronunciation

Verb

exsiliō (present infinitive exsilīre, perfect active exsiluī); fourth conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to spring, bound, leap or start out, up or forth
    Synonyms: saliō, trānsiliō, prōsiliō, assiliō, īnsultō, exsultō
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.15–16:
      sōl quoque cum stēllīs nūllā gravitāte retentus
      et vōs lūnārēs exiluistis equī.
      The sun also, with the stars – with no weight having held [them] back –
      and you, horses of the moon – you all leapt up.

      (Refers to the dawn of creation.)
    • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 8.25:
      Accepto tali sermone cogitabam subito velut lymphaticus exsilire, ut me ferocitate cernens exasperatum emptionem desineret.
      Hearing that, it crossed my mind to start leaping around like mad, so he’d give up the whole idea of buying me when he saw how savage I was when roused.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

exsiliō

  1. dative/ablative singular of exsilium

References

  • exsilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exsilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exsilio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to punish by banishment: aliquem exsilio afficere, multare
    • (ambiguous) to live in exile: in exsilio esse, exsulem esse