exanimatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exanimō (weaken, exhaust).

Participle

exanimātus (feminine exanimāta, neuter exanimātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. weakened, exhausted, breathless or weak with emotion
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 234–235:
      MȲSIS: Sed quidnam Pamphilum exanimātum videō? Vereor quid siet. / Opperiar, ut sciam num quidnam haec turba trīstitiae afferat.
      MYSIS: But why do I see Pamphilus [looking so] exhausted? I fear what it might be. I’ll wait, to find out whether his unhappiness is going to cause any trouble.
  2. killed
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico V.44:
      Pullo pilum in hostes immittit atque unum ex multitudine procurrentem traicit; quo percusso et exanimato hunc scutis protegunt, in hostem tela universi coniciunt neque dant regrediendi facultatem.
      Pullo throws his javelin at the enemy, and pierces one of the multitude who was running up, and while the latter was wounded and slain, the enemy cover him with their shields, and all throw their weapons at the other and afford him no opportunity of retreating.
    • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.25:
      scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit
      He was pierced and killed on the right side by a scorpion and fell
  3. unconscious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative exanimātus exanimāta exanimātum exanimātī exanimātae exanimāta
genitive exanimātī exanimātae exanimātī exanimātōrum exanimātārum exanimātōrum
dative exanimātō exanimātae exanimātō exanimātīs
accusative exanimātum exanimātam exanimātum exanimātōs exanimātās exanimāta
ablative exanimātō exanimātā exanimātō exanimātīs
vocative exanimāte exanimāta exanimātum exanimātī exanimātae exanimāta

References

  • exanimatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers