ex-sero Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. In partic., of parts of the body, exsertus, a, um, ...II. Trop.A. In gen.B. In partic., to reveal, show, with an ...A. Thrust forth, projectingB. Open, evident, conspicuous • ex-sero or exĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a.; to stretch out or forth, to thrust out, put forth, to take out (mostly post-Aug.). I. Lit.: Gallus linguam ab irrisu exserens, Liv. 7, 10, 5: linguam per os, Plin. 9, 27, 43, § 82: manum subter togam ad mentum, Liv. 8, 9, 5: brachia aquis, Ov. M. 2, 271: caput ponto, id. ib. 13, 838; for which: caput ab Oceano, Luc. 5, 598; cf.: herba Exserit e tepida molle cacumen humo, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 12: enses, id. F. 3, 814: creverat infans Quaerebatque viam, qua se exsereret, might come forth, id. M. 10, 505: se domicilio (cochleae), Plin. 9, 32, 51, § 101: radicem ejus exserito, take out, tear up, Col. 12, 58, 1: vincula, i. e. to throw off, id. 8, 8, 12.— B. In partic., of parts of the body, exsertus, a, um, protruding from the dress, bare, uncovered: dextris humeris exsertis, bared, * Caes. B. G. 7, 50, 2; cf. Verg. A. 1, 492; Stat. Ach. 1, 346; cf. transf. of the person: exsertus humero, Sil. 8, 587; and in Greek construction: exserti ingentes humeros, Stat. Th. 4, 235: unum exserta latus Camilla, Verg. A. 11, 649: truces exserta manus, Val. Fl. 2, 207; also absol.: exsertique manus vesana Cethegi, tucked up, prepared for the fight, Luc. 2, 543: Latona, Stat. Th. 9, 681.— II. Trop. A. In gen.: exseram in librum tuum jus, quod dedisti, will avail myself of, make use of, Plin. Ep. 8, 7, 2: secreta mentis ore exserit, discloses, Sen. Herc. Oet. 255.— B. In partic., to reveal, show, with an object-clause, Phaedr. 1, 12, 2: paulatim principem exseruit, i. e. showed himself as, Suet. Tib. 33. —Hence, exsertus (exert-), a, um, P. a. A. Thrust forth, projecting: dentes apro, elephanto, etc., Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160.— B. Open, evident, conspicuous: exserto bello, Stat. S. 5, 2, 39: cachinnus, i. e. unrestrained, loud, App. M. 1, p. 103, 15: exsertior opera, Pacat. Paneg. ad Theod. 35. —Adv.: exserte (acc. to B.), openly, clearly, loudly: clamitans, App. M. 1, p. 109: jubet, Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 1.—Comp.: consurgere, Amm. 16, 12.—Sup.: egit tribunatum (with severissime), very strictly, rigorously, Spart. Sev. 3.