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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of exuō.
Participle
exūtus (feminine exūta, neuter exūtum); first/second-declension participle
- pulled off; laid aside, cast off
- stripped, undressed
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 3.23:
- Sed, quod scīscitārī paene praeterīvī, quō dictō factōve rūrsum exūtīs pinnulīs illīs ad meum redībō Lūcium?
- But, as I almost forgot to ask you, with what incantation or action will I strip off those little feathers and return to my old self again?
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “exutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “exutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- exutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.