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exercet

exercet is a Latin form of exerceo, meaning “exercise, train, drill; employ, keep busy; practice; harass”. It is the 3rd person singular present active indicative.

Found 86 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 17: … vobis curae esse debent. etenim, si vectigalia nervos esse rei publicae semper duximus, eum certe ordinem qui exercet illa firmamentum ceterorum ordinum recte esse dicemus.

Seneca the Younger, Epistulae 6.53.9: … go? Non et nunc idem facies? Omnia inpedimenta dimitte et vaca bonae menti: nemo ad illam pervenit occupatus. Exercet philosophia regnum suum; dat tempus, non accipit. Non est res subsiciva, ordinaria est; domina est, adesse iu …

All forms of exerceo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.