[2548] exercito, āvī, ātum, āre (Intens. v. exerceo), I) tüchtig üben, corpus, Tac.: corpus atque ingenium, Ps. Sall. de rep. 2, 10, 8: milites, Aur. Vict. de Caes. 37, 2: discentium ingenia, Suet. gr. 17: illi exercitari iubent liberos ad studia obeunda mature, Sen. de prov. 2, 5: se ac suos cursu, Mela 2, 1, 5: exercitus, quod exercitando fit melior, Varro LL. 5, 87. – II) ausüben, üben, betätigen, entfalten, in labore patientiā bonisque praeceptis et factis fortibus exercitando, Ps. Sall. de rep. 1, 7, 5.