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exhērēdo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. exheres,
I.to disinherit.
I. Prop.: “fratrem exheredans te faciebat heredem,” Cic. Phil. 2, 16, 41: “aliquem,” id. Clu. 48, 135; id. Rosc. Am. 18, 52; Auct. Her. 4, 23, 33; Quint. 5, 13, 32; 7, 4, 20: liberos bonis, Q. Met. ap. Gell. 1, 6, 8 et saep.—*
II. Transf., to deprive the heir of any thing: “ut mensam ejus exheredaret,” Plin. 37, 2, 7, § 20.
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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    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 18.52
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 48.135
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.16.41
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 37.20
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 13.32
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 7, 4.20
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 1.6.8
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