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|lshtext=<b>ē-rŭo</b>: ŭi, ŭtum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[cast]] [[forth]], [[throw]] [[out]]; to [[dig]], [[tear]], or [[pluck]] [[out]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: qui sciet, ubi quidque positum [[sit]], [[quaque]] eo veniat, is, [[etiam]] si [[quid]] obrutum erit, poterit eruere, Cic. Fin. 4, 4 fin.; so, [[aurum]] terrā, Ov. Am. 3, 8, 53; cf.: caprificos sepulcris, Hor. Epod. 5, 17: gemmam vadis, Mart. 8, 28; Tac. A. 2, 69: segetem ab radicibus imis, Verg. G. 1, 320; cf.: pinum radicibus, id. A. 5, 449 Heyne N. cr.; and: herbam [[radicitus]], Plin. 21, 11, 36, § 62: mortuum, Cic. Div. 1, 27 fin.: oculum, Plin. 25, 8, 50, § 89; 28, 8, 29, § 114: dentes de [[sinistra]] parte, id. 28, 8, 27, § 95: aquam remis, lo [[stir]] up, [[plough]] up, Ov. H. 5, 54; cf.: sepulcra ([[hyaena]]), Plin. 8, 30, 44, § 106.—Poet. in Greek [[construction]]: eruitur oculos, his eyes are [[torn]] [[out]], Ov. M. 12, 269 (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 458).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Since the Aug. per., [[sometimes]], in partic., to [[root]] [[out]], to [[destroy]] from the [[foundation]]: urbem totam a sedibus, Verg. A. 2, 612; Sil. 3, 2, 13; cf. under II. B. 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., to [[draw]] [[out]], [[bring]] [[out]], [[elicit]]: [[inde]] [[tamen]] [[aliquando]] (servum fugitivum) eruam, Vat. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 9 fin.; cf. Curt. 4, 14: scrutari locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 13: si [[quid]] est, [[quod]] indagaris, inveneris, ex tenebris erueris, id. Agr. 1, 3: ex annalium vetustate eruenda est [[memoria]] nobilitatis tuae, id. Mur. 7, 16: memoriam, id. de Or. 2, 68, 360: veritatem, Quint. 12, 9, 3: causam rerum et rationem, Plin. 18, 4, 5, § 24: sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis, Ov. F. 1, 17: mi [[sicunde]] potes, erues, qui [[decem]] legati Mummio fuerint, Cic. Att. 13, 30, 2 et saep.: [[fanum]] erui [[volo]]; [[neque]] hoc mihi erui potest, I cannot be talked [[out]] of it, id. ib. 12, 36.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[rescue]], [[release]]: [[propter]] difficultatem pecuniariam, [[qua]] erui [[nusquam]] [[nisi]] ex privatorum bonis posset, Cic. Att. 10, 14, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[overthrow]], [[destroy]]: Trojanas ut [[opes]] et lamentabile [[regnum]] Eruerint [[Danai]], Verg. A. 2, 5; cf. civitatem, Tac. H. 4, 72: Thracas ([[with]] frangere gentem), Stat. Th. 5, 76.