exire

Exire is a Latin verb meaning to go out, depart, or exit. It is used in Classical and later Latin to describe leaving a place, withdrawing from a situation, or departing from a location. As a fourth‑conjugation verb, it follows the standard pattern of that class and is typically intransitive, often taking a prepositional phrase to indicate source or destination.

Etymology and forms: Exire is formed with the prefix ex- attached to the root ire (to go). The infinitive is exīre. The principal parts are exiō, exīre, exiī (often exīvī), and exitum (the supine). In the present system it yields forms such as exiō, exīs, exit, exīmus, exītis, exiunt. The perfect tense appears as exīvī or exiī, with related participles and compound forms used in various tenses.

Usage and derivatives: Exire expresses movement away from a place or state and typically does not take a direct object. It can occur with prepositional phrases like exīre ex casā (to go out of the house). From exīre derive nouns such as exitus or exītus, meaning an exit or departure; in late Latin these can also carry figurative senses such as end or death. The root also gives rise to English cognates related to leaving, such as exit.

Context: In Latin literature, exire appears across narrative, legal, and religious texts to denote leaving or emerging from a location or situation. It is commonly discussed in grammars as part of the repertoire of fourth‑conjugation verbs built on the ire paradigm. See also exit and exodus for related concepts and terms in other languages.