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Latin
Etymology
From ex- + scalpo.
Pronunciation
Verb
exsculpō (present infinitive exsculpere, perfect active exsculpsī, supine exsculptum); third conjugation
- to dig out or carve out
- to elicit or extort
- to erase
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “exsculpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exsculpo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exsculpo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.