exta

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Quasi-haplology of exsecta, neuter plural of exsectus, perfect passive participle of exsecō (“to cut out”).

Noun

exta n pl (genitive extōrum); second declension

  1. the bowels or entrails of animals, especially the heart, lungs, and liver
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.711–712:
      ecce, nefās vīsū, mediīs altāribus anguis
      exit et extīnctīs ignibus exta rapit
      Behold, a dreadful sight! A snake emerges from amid the altars
      and seizes the entrails from the extinguished flames.
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative exta
Genitive extōrum
Dative extīs
Accusative exta
Ablative extīs
Vocative exta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

extā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of extō

References

  • “exta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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