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.
STRIKE OUT Copy link • STRIKE OUTTo destroy, erase, delere, exstinguere (general term, to destroy): inducere (to erase writing with the blunt end of the style): eradere (to scratch out, erase). To strike anybody out of a list, nomen alicujus eximere de tabulis (of senators); eradere aliquem albo senatorio (Tac., Ann., 4, 42, fin.); a name from a book, nomen tollere ex libro. To invent, find, Vid: STRIKE TOGETHER, collidere (e.g., manus): ☞ manus complodere is of the Silver Age.