extorris

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Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, ex +‎ terra +‎ -is. De Vaan (see References) derives it from a proto-form *eks-t(o)rs-i- with Indo-European ablaut (compare torreō from the same root).

Pronunciation

Adjective

extorris (neuter extorre); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. driven out of the country, exiled, banished
    Synonym: exsul

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

References

  • extorris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • extorris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN