expungo

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pungō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspun.ɡoː/, [ɛkˈs̠pʊŋɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspun.ɡo/, [ekˈspuŋɡo]

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

Conjugation of expungō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expungō	expungis	expungit	expungimus	expungitis	expungunt
	imperfect	expungēbam	expungēbās	expungēbat	expungēbāmus	expungēbātis	expungēbant
	future	expungam	expungēs	expunget	expungēmus	expungētis	expungent
	perfect	expūnxī	expūnxistī	expūnxit	expūnximus	expūnxistis	expūnxērunt, expūnxēre
	pluperfect	expūnxeram	expūnxerās	expūnxerat	expūnxerāmus	expūnxerātis	expūnxerant
	future perfect	expūnxerō	expūnxeris	expūnxerit	expūnxerimus	expūnxeritis	expūnxerint
passive	present	expungor	expungeris, expungere	expungitur	expungimur	expungiminī	expunguntur
	imperfect	expungēbar	expungēbāris, expungēbāre	expungēbātur	expungēbāmur	expungēbāminī	expungēbantur
	future	expungar	expungēris, expungēre	expungētur	expungēmur	expungēminī	expungentur
	perfect	expūnctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expūnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expūnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expungam	expungās	expungat	expungāmus	expungātis	expungant
	imperfect	expungerem	expungerēs	expungeret	expungerēmus	expungerētis	expungerent
	perfect	expūnxerim	expūnxerīs	expūnxerit	expūnxerīmus	expūnxerītis	expūnxerint
	pluperfect	expūnxissem	expūnxissēs	expūnxisset	expūnxissēmus	expūnxissētis	expūnxissent
passive	present	expungar	expungāris, expungāre	expungātur	expungāmur	expungāminī	expungantur
	imperfect	expungerer	expungerēris, expungerēre	expungerētur	expungerēmur	expungerēminī	expungerentur
	perfect	expūnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expūnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expunge	—	—	expungite	—
	future	—	expungitō	expungitō	—	expungitōte	expunguntō
passive	present	—	expungere	—	—	expungiminī	—
	future	—	expungitor	expungitor	—	—	expunguntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expungere	expūnxisse	expūnctūrum esse	expungī	expūnctum esse	expūnctum īrī
participles		expungēns	—	expūnctūrus	—	expūnctus	expungendus, expungundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expungendī	expungendō	expungendum	expungendō	expūnctum	expūnctū

Derived terms

• expunctus

Descendants

• Catalan: espunyir
• → English: expunge
• Friulian: sponzi, spongi
• Galician: expunxir
• Italian: espungere, spuntare
• Ladin: sponjer, sponje
• Portuguese: expungir
• Spanish: expunger, expungir
• Venetian: 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.