exstirpo

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-stirpo: (ext-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to pluck up by the stem or root, to root out, extirpate.
I Lit. (only post-Aug.): arbores, Curt. 7, 8, 7; cf. lucos, id. 7, 5, 17; and: silva exstirpata procellis, Prud. Hamart. 241: pilos de corpore toto, Mart. 6, 56, 3.— Transf.: silvestris ager decrescente luna utilissime exstirpatur, is cleared from stubble, Col. 11, 2, 52: agros arboribus atque virgultis, Pall. Jul. 1, 1.—
II Trop., to root out, eradicate, extirpate (class.): vitia et funditus tollere, Cic. Fat 5, 11: ex animo humanitatem, id. Lael. 13, 48: perturbationes, id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43: nomina inimica libertati, Sen. de Ira, 1, 16 med.: virtutem Israël, Vulg. 1 Macc. 3, 35.