expungo

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pungō

Pronunciation

Verb

expungō (present infinitive expungere, perfect active expūnxī, supine expūnctum); third conjugation

  1. to strike out, cross out, blot out, erase
  2. to expunge (a debt)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: espunyir
  • English: expunge
  • Friulian: sponzi, spongi
  • Galician: expunxir
  • Italian: espungere, spuntare
  • Ladin: sponjer, sponje
  • Portuguese: expungir
  • Sicilian: spùnciri
  • Spanish: expunger, expungir
  • Venetan: sponzer, spunciar

References

  • expungo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expungo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.