exeo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ekseō. Equivalent to ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ eō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.oː/, [ˈɛks̠eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.o/, [ˈɛkseo]

Verb

exeō (present infinitive exīre, perfect active exiī or exīvī, supine exitum); irregular conjugation, irregular

1. (intransitive) to exit, depart

   Synonyms: abeō, evādō, ēgredior, ēiciō

   Antonyms: introeō, intrō, ingredior, ineō, accēdō, immigrō

   Rēx ē currū exīvit. ― The king got off the chariot.

2. (intransitive) to avoid, evade

   Synonyms: ēvādō, ēlūdō, vītō, ēvītō, refugiō, dētrectō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, fugiō

   Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō

3. (intransitive, figuratively) to escape

   Synonyms: fugiō, confugiō, effugiō, ēvādō

4. (intransitive) (of time) expire, run out

   Synonym: exspīrō

5. to come forth

Conjugation

Irregular, but similar to fourth conjugation. The third principal part is most often contracted to exiī, but occasionally appears as exīvī.

Conjugation of exeō (irregular)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exeō	exīs	exit	exīmus	exītis	exeunt
	imperfect	exībam	exībās	exībat	exībāmus	exībātis	exībant
	future	exībō	exībis	exībit	exībimus	exībitis	exībunt
	perfect	exiī, exīvī	exīstī, exīvistī	exiit, exīvit	exiimus	exīstis	exiērunt, exiēre
	pluperfect	exieram	exierās	exierat	exierāmus	exierātis	exierant
	future perfect	exierō	exieris	exierit	exierimus	exieritis	exierint
passive	present	exeor	exīris, exīre	exītur	exīmur	exīminī	exeuntur
	imperfect	exībar	exībāris, exībāre	exībātur	exībāmur	exībāminī	exībantur
	future	exībor	exīberis, exībere	exībitur	exībimur	exībiminī	exībuntur
	perfect	exitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exeam	exeās	exeat	exeāmus	exeātis	exeant
	imperfect	exīrem	exīrēs	exīret	exīrēmus	exīrētis	exīrent
	perfect	exierim	exierīs	exierit	exierīmus	exierītis	exierint
	pluperfect	exīssem	exīssēs	exīsset	exīssēmus	exīssētis	exīssent
passive	present	exear	exeāris, exeāre	exeātur	exeāmur	exeāminī	exeantur
	imperfect	exīrer	exīrēris, exīrēre	exīrētur	exīrēmur	exīrēminī	exīrentur
	perfect	exitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exī	—	—	exīte	—
	future	—	exītō	exītō	—	exītōte	exeuntō
passive	present	—	exīre	—	—	exīminī	—
	future	—	exītor	exītor	—	—	exeuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exīre	exīsse	exitūrum esse	exīrī	exitum esse	exitum īrī
participles		exiēns	—	exitūrus	—	exitus	exeundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exeundī	exeundō	exeundum	exeundō	exitum	exitū

Related terms

• exitus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Romanian: ieși, ieșire
  • Aromanian: es, ishiri
  • Istro-Romanian: ieši
  • Megleno-Romanian: ies, ișiri, ișǫri
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: jessî, ješî
  • Old Lombard: insir
  • Venetan: isir, usir, insir, ensir
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: esse, essì
  • Old Italian: escire
    • Italian: uscire
  • Neapolitan: scire, ascire

    Abruzzese: ascì

    Lucano: essì, jessì

    Molisano: escì

  • ⇒ Sicilian: nèsciri, sciri
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: eixir
  • Old Franco-Provençal: issir
  • Old French: issir, eissir, eiser
    • Bourguignon: eisser (1st group verb made out of eiss- forms of issir)
    • Middle French: issir, eissir, yssir; issu
      • French: issir (archaic), issu (past participle, still commonly used)
      • → Irish: eisigh
    • Lorrain: euchî, euhhî
    • Norman: essir, issir
    • → Middle English: issen, isse, isshen, uschen, yssen
      • Middle Scots: isch, usch
        • Scots: ish, ush
        • → English: ish (Scotland)
  • Old Occitan: eisir, isir
    • Occitan: eissir
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Mozarabic: אשיד (ʔšyd)
  • Navarro-Aragonese: exir, ixir
  • Old Leonese: exir
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: eixir
    • Galician: eixir (archaic)
  • Old Spanish: exir
• Insular Romance;
  • Sardinian:

    Campidanese: bessire, bessì

    Logudorese: issire

    Nuorese: essire, issire

• Borrowings:
  • →⇒ English: exit

References

• “exeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to go in at, go out of a gate: portā ingredi, exire
    
  • to depart this life: de vita exire, de (ex) vita migrare
    
  • to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    
  • this word ends in a long syllable: haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
    
  • to go out of the house: foras exire (Plaut. Amph. 1. 2. 35)
    
  • to get out of debt: ex aere alieno exire
    
  • to banish a man from his native land: e patria exire iubere aliquem
    
  • the ships sail out on a fair wind: ventum (tempestatem) nancti idoneum ex portu exeunt
    
  • to land, disembark: exire ex, de navi
    
  • to land, disembark: exire, egredi in terram
    
  • (ambiguous) such was the end of... (used of a violent death): talem vitae exitum (not finem) habuit (Nep. Eum. 13)
    
  • (ambiguous) to finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing: ad exitum aliquid perducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to turn out (well); to result (satisfactorily): eventum, exitum (felicem) habere
    
  • (ambiguous) the question has been settled: quaestio ad exitum venit