Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Exacisculatus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

EXACISCULA'TUS. Dilapidated, destroyed, or pulled out with a "pick" (acisculus); a common way of breaking into tombs, for the purpose of stealing the valuables deposited in them. Hence, the word is of frequent occurrence on sepulchral inscriptions, in the form of a caution to the public against the commission of such an offence. Inscript. ap. Mur. 1028. 2. ap Don. cl. 12. n. 27.