exsecutus

Exsecutus is a Latin adjective and the perfect passive participle of the deponent verb exsequor, meaning to carry out or to execute. As a participle, exsecutus denotes completed action and agrees with the noun it describes: exsecutus (masculine singular), exsecuta (feminine singular), exsecutum (neuter singular); plural forms are exsecuti, exsecutae, exsecuta. In standard syntax, it often appears in passive constructions such as res exsecuta est, meaning “the matter has been carried out,” or consilium exsecutum est, meaning “the plan has been carried out.”

Origin and usage: Exsequor is a deponent verb found in classical and late Latin; exsecutus is attested from antiquity and remains in scholarly Latin as a way to indicate completed execution of a task, procedure, or decree. It is more common in formal or legal contexts than in everyday speech, and it is typically limited to literature, inscriptions, and historical texts where precise completion of an action is being described.

Relation to related terms: The noun exsecutio refers to the act of execution or fulfillment; exsequor is the root verb meaning to follow up, carry out, or execute; exsecutus serves as the participial form and can function adjectivally or adjectivally in sentences.

See also: exsequor, exsecutio.