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|lshtext=<b>ex-aspĕro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[make]] [[rough]], to [[roughen]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[fauces]], Cels. 1, 3; cf.: summam cutem, id. 3, 27: arterias, Plin. 22, 23, 48, § 100: [[corpus]], id. 31, 6, 34, § 67: tussim, id. 23, 4, 51, § 97: faucium [[vitio]] exasperatur vox, Quint. 11, 3, 20: undas, to [[roughen]], [[stir]] up, Ov. Am. 2, 11, 27: [[mare]] fluctibus, Liv. 37, 12 fin. (cf. [[aspero]]).—Poet.: aegida innumeris signis, i. e. to [[adorn]] [[with]] [[raised]] sculptures, Claud. III. Cons. Honor. 193: ensem saxo, to [[sharpen]], [[whet]], Sil. 4, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[irritate]], [[provoke]], [[exasperate]]: durati ([[Gallograeci]]) tot malis exasperatique, made [[savage]], Liv. 38, 17, 17: exasperavit animos [[ferocia]] nimia Harpali, id. 42, 14; so, animos, id. 28, 25; 33, 39; Cels. 3, 5 fin.; cf.: animum hoc criminum genere, Liv. 40, 20 fin.: [[Ligures]] exasperati, id. 42, 26: majorem civitatis partem, Val. Max. 6, 5, 3: [[canes]], i. e. to [[incite]], [[set]] on, App. M. 4, p. 143; cf. apes, Col. 9, 15, 4 et saep.: rem verbis exasperavit, exasperated, made [[worse]], Quint. 4, 2, 75.
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