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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
- 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.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
extā
- 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.