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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		excernere			excernī			excernēns			—
future		excrētūrum esse			excrētum īrī			excrētūrus			excernendus, excernundus
perfect		excrēvisse			excrētum esse			—			excrētus
future perfect		—			excrētum fore			—			—
perfect potential		excrētūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• 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.