excerno

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ cernō (“separate, sift; discern”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈker.noː/, [ɛks̠ˈkɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃer.no/, [eksˈt͡ʃɛrno]

Verb

excernō (present infinitive excernere, perfect active excrēvī, supine excrētum); third conjugation

1. to sift out, separate
2. to keep apart, keep away
3. to accumulate, proliferate

   Litium series excreverant.

   A succession of lawsuits had accumulated.

4. (of the body) to excrete, carry off, discharge

Conjugation

Conjugation of excernō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excernō	excernis	excernit	excernimus	excernitis	excernunt
	imperfect	excernēbam	excernēbās	excernēbat	excernēbāmus	excernēbātis	excernēbant
	future	excernam	excernēs	excernet	excernēmus	excernētis	excernent
	perfect	excrēvī	excrēvistī	excrēvit	excrēvimus	excrēvistis	excrēvērunt, excrēvēre
	pluperfect	excrēveram	excrēverās	excrēverat	excrēverāmus	excrēverātis	excrēverant
	future perfect	excrēverō	excrēveris	excrēverit	excrēverimus	excrēveritis	excrēverint
passive	present	excernor	excerneris, excernere	excernitur	excernimur	excerniminī	excernuntur
	imperfect	excernēbar	excernēbāris, excernēbāre	excernēbātur	excernēbāmur	excernēbāminī	excernēbantur
	future	excernar	excernēris, excernēre	excernētur	excernēmur	excernēminī	excernentur
	perfect	excrētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	excrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	excrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	excernam	excernās	excernat	excernāmus	excernātis	excernant
	imperfect	excernerem	excernerēs	excerneret	excernerēmus	excernerētis	excernerent
	perfect	excrēverim	excrēverīs	excrēverit	excrēverīmus	excrēverītis	excrēverint
	pluperfect	excrēvissem	excrēvissēs	excrēvisset	excrēvissēmus	excrēvissētis	excrēvissent
passive	present	excernar	excernāris, excernāre	excernātur	excernāmur	excernāminī	excernantur
	imperfect	excernerer	excernerēris, excernerēre	excernerētur	excernerēmur	excernerēminī	excernerentur
	perfect	excrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	excrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	excerne	—	—	excernite	—
	future	—	excernitō	excernitō	—	excernitōte	excernuntō
passive	present	—	excernere	—	—	excerniminī	—
	future	—	excernitor	excernitor	—	—	excernuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		excernere	excrēvisse	excrētūrum esse	excernī	excrētum esse	excrētum īrī
participles		excernēns	—	excrētūrus	—	excrētus	excernendus, excernundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		excernendī	excernendō	excernendum	excernendō	excrētum	excrētū

Derived terms

• excrēmentum
• excrētus

Related terms

• cernō
• concernō
• dēcernō
• discernō
• incernō
• sēcernō

Descendants

• English: excrete, excern
• French: excréter, écerner
• Italian: escretare, scernere
  • → English: scern
• Portuguese: excretar
• Spanish: excretar

References

• “excerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “excerno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• excerno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.