Meaning of excutio | Babel Free
[ɛkˈskʊ.ti.oː]Definitions
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to shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off conjugation-3
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to throw from or off of a horse, chariot, ship, etc. conjugation-3
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to discard, banish conjugation-3
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to examine, inspect conjugation-3
Examples
“… excutitur prōnusque magister”
[Having been knocked out] and [lying] prone [on deck], the helmsman was thrown [from the ship], [and] was tumbled headfirst [into the water]. (During the storm at sea, Lycian helmsman Leucaspis suffers a dishonorable death without proper burial; he appears by name in Book 6, Line 334.)
“Hanc excutere opīniōnem mihimet voluī rādīcitus.”
I wished, for my own sake, to pluck up this opinion by the roots.
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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