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ex-culco , āvi, ātum, 1 calco,
I.to tread or beat out (very rare; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: “ex dominis meis pugnis furfures,” Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30.—*
II. Transf., to tread down, to stamp firm or close: “singuli ab infimo solo pedes terra exculcabantur,” rammed down, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 7 Oud.— Hence, * exculcātus , a, um, P. a. (trodden out, worn out by treading; trop.), worn out: “verba nimis obsoleta exculcataque,” Gell. 11, 7, 1.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.73.7
    • Plautus, Captivi, 4.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 11.7.1
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