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Verb
expugno
- first-person singular present indicative of expugnar
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + pugnō (“fight”).
Pronunciation
Verb
expugnō (present infinitive expugnāre, perfect active expugnāvī, supine expugnātum); first conjugation
- (transitive, military) to take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue
- Synonyms: comprehendō, potior, capiō, occupō, corripiō, prehendō, arripiō
- (transitive, figuratively) to subdue, overcome, conquer, reduce
- Synonyms: ēvincō, subigō, subiciō, vincō, conquestō, pācō, superō, dēvincō, domō, prōflīgō, obruō, exsuperō, pellō, opprimō, premō
27 BCE – 25 BCE,
Titus Livius,
Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- Q. Fuluio Ap. Claudio, prioris anni consulibus, prorogatum imperium est atque exercitus quos habebant decreti, adiectumque ne a Capua quam obsidebant abscederent priusquam expugnassent.
- The military authority of Quintus Fulvius and Appius Claudius, consuls of the previous year, was extended and the armies which they had were decided upon, and it was added as a proviso that they should not withdraw from Capua, which they were besieging, until they conquered it.
- (transitive, figuratively, by extension) to accomplish, achieve (something)
- (transitive) to plunder, pillage, sack (a property, city)
- Synonyms: dīripiō, dēpraedor, praedor, populor, trahō, agō
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References
- “expugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expugno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expugno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take, storm a town: oppidum capere, expugnare
- to board and capture a boat: navem expugnare
- expugno in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Verb
expugno
- first-person singular present indicative of expugnar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡsˈpuɡno/
- Rhymes: -uɡno
- Syllabification: ex‧pug‧no
Verb
expugno
- first-person singular present indicative of expugnar