Latin

Verb

expugnō ‎(present infinitive expugnāre, perfect active expugnāvī, supine expugnātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive, military) I capture, take by storm, conquer (a fortified place).
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 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.

2. (transitive) I storm, assault; break down or through; sweep through.
3. (transitive, figuratively) I subdue, overcome, reduce (a set of conditions; disease)
   1. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) I persuade, convince.
   2. (transitive, by extension) I extort, wring out, obtain by extortion, importune
   3. (transitive, figuratively, by extension) I accomplish, achieve (something).
4. (transitive) I plunder, pillage, sack (a property, city).

Inflection

Derived terms

• expugnābilis
• expugnātiō
• expugnātor
• expugnāx

Descendants

• Catalan: expugnar
• Italian: espugnare
• Portuguese: expugnar
• Spanish: expugnar

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “expugno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

expugno

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of expugnar.