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exculco

exculco, to tread down, stamp firm

ex-culco, āvi, ātum, 1 [calco], to tread or beat out (very rare; not in Cic.).
  • I Lit.: ex dominis meis pugnis furfures, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 30 (810).—*
  • 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.

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