ex-haurĭo

I. fut. part. act. exhausurus, Sen. Ep. 51, 6), to draw out, to empty by drawing, to exhaust (class., esp. in the transf. and trop. senses).

I. Lit., of liquids: cum alii malos scandant, alii per foros cursent, alii sentinam exhauriant, Cic. de Sen. 6, 17; cf. id. Cat. 1, 5, 12: vinum, id. Phil. 2, 25, 63: exhausto jam flumine, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 63. cf.: exhaustum poculum, Cic. Clu. 11, 31: exhaustus repente perennis exaruit fons, Hirt. B. G. 8, 43, 5; cf.: tacent exhausti solibus amnes, Stat. Th. 3, 259.—

B. Transf., of things not liquid, to take out, empty out, to make empty, to exhaust: terram manibus sagulisque, Caes. B. G. 5, 42, 3: humum ligonibus, Hor. Epod. 5, 31: pecuniam ex aerario, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf. aerarium, id. Vat. 2, 5; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164: praedam ex agris urbibusque sociorum, id. Pis. 21, 48; cf.: oppidum diripiendum militi dedit: exhaustis deinde tectis ignem injecit, Liv. 10, 44, 2 Drak.: reliquum spiritum, Cic. Sest. 37, 80; cf. id. ib. 21, 48 infra, and Halm ad loc.: exhauriri, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2 fin.: provinciam sumptibus et jacturis, id. Att. 6, 1, 2: plebem impensis (aedificandi), Liv. 6, 5, 5: socios commeatibus, id. 37, 19, 4: heredem legatis, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 9: facultates patriae, Nep. Hann. 6; cf. vires, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 6: genas, Stat. Th. 10, 168: velut exhausta pullulet arca nummus, Juv. 6, 363.

II. Trop. (according as the notion of taking away or of leaving empty predominates).

A. To take away, remove: libentius omnes meas laudes ad te transfuderim, quam aliquam partem exhauserim ex tuis, Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 4: alicui dolorem, id. ib. 5, 16, 4: sibi manu vitam, id. Sest. 21, 48; cf. id. ib. 37, 80: exhausta vis ingens aeris alieni est, Liv. 7, 21, 8: Scurra exhausto rubore (i. e. pudore), Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: ad multorum exhaurienda peccata, Vulg. Hebr. 9, 28.—

B. To exhaust, bring to an end: tantus fuit amor, ut exhauriri nulla posset injuria, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4; cf.: amicorum benignitas exhausta est in ea re, id. ib. 4, 2, 7: unius ambulationis sermone exhaurire (quae sollicitant anguntque), to exhaust in speaking, i. e. to discuss thoroughly, id. ib. 1, 18, 1; cf. id. de Or. 3, 26, 102: exhaustus est sermo hominum, id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1: deinde exhauriri mea mandata, id. Att. 5, 13, 3; cf.: mandavi omnia, quae quidem tu, ut polliceris, exhauries, id. ib. 5, 6, 2: labores, Liv. 21, 21, 8: laborem, periculum, id. 21, 30, 9 Drak.; 25, 31, 7; 26, 31, 7; Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 1; Stat. Th. 6. 236 al.: bella, Verg. A. 4, 14: vastae pericula terrae, id. ib. 10, 57; cf.: dura et aspera belli, Liv. 33, 11, 6: poenarum exhaustum satis est, Verg. A. 9, 356: exhausta nocte, Tac. H. 4, 29: exhaustus cliens, Juv. 9, 59.