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exinanio

exinanio, to empty, make empty, desolate

ex-ĭnānĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4, v. a.,
  • to empty, make empty (rare but class.): Siciliam provinciam C. Verres per triennium depopulatus esse, Siculorum civitates vastasse, domos exinanisse, fana spoliasse dicitur, to make desolate, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 11: agros (with vastare), id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119: navem, id. ib. 2, 5, 25, § 64; ib. 40, § 104: castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 22; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 48, 5: regibus atque omnibus gentibus exinanitis, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 72; cf. also: ama rem tuam: hunc (amatorem) exinani, clean out, i. e. strip, fleece, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 2 (712): patrimonium suum donationibus, i. e. to consume, waste, Dig. 31, 1, 89 fin.: apes relinquunt exinanitas alvos, emptied, empty, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 28: onusta vehicula, to unload, Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 82: alvum, bilem, pituitam, to void, discharge, id. 26, 8, 36, § 57: lienem, to consume, id. 25, 5, 20, § 45: hydropicos, to tap, id. 24, 8, 35, § 52: multiplici partu exinanitur ubertas, is exhausted, weakened, id. 18, 22, 51, § 189: faex non est exinanita, drained out, Vulg. Psa. 74, 9.— Trop.: exinanita est fides, made powerless, Vulg. Rom. 4, 14: semet ipsum exinanivit, i. e. laid aside his glory, id. Philip. 2, 7.— Absol.: exinanite, destroy, Vulg. Psa. 136, 10.

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