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Menander, Monostichoi, 205

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

exhērēdo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. exheres,
I to disinherit.
I Prop.: fratrem exheredans te faciebat heredem, Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: aliquem, id. Clu. 48, 135; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 7, 4, 20: liberos bonis, Q. Met. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 8 et saep.—*
II Transf., to deprive the heir of any thing: ut mensam ejus exheredaret, Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20.