strike out Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To strike out fire1. excūdo, di, sum, 32. ēlīdo, si, sum, 33. ēlĭcio, lĭcui and lexi, lĭcĭtum, 3II. To erase, blot out, obliterateIII. To invent, contriveB. Intrans. • strike out: A. Trans.: I. To strike out fire: 1. excūdo, di, sum, 3: he struck out a spark from flint, silici scintillam excudit, Virg. Aen. 1, 174: cf. e. ignem, Plin. 16, 40, 77, § 208. 2. ēlīdo, si, sum, 3: to s. out fire from flint, ignem e silice e., based on Plin. 11, 37, 86. § 214: cf. e. ignes nubibus, Ov. M. 6, 696 (695). 3. ēlĭcio, lĭcui and lexi, lĭcĭtum, 3: to s. out fire by concussion and friction of stones, lapidum conflictu atque tritu e. ignem, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 25. II. To erase, blot out, obliterate: q. v. III. To invent, contrive: q. v. B. Intrans.: to take a stroke, in swimming: perh. *brachia extendere s. pandere.