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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
- 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