expungo

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pungō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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		expūnxēre, expūnxērunt
	pluperfect	expūnxeram		expūnxerās		expūnxerat		expūnxerāmus		expūnxerātis		expūnxerant
	future perfect	expūnxerō		expūnxeris		expūnxerit		expūnxerimus		expūnxeritis		expūnxerint
passive	present	expungor		expungere, expungeris		expungitur		expungimur		expungiminī		expunguntur
	imperfect	expungēbar		expungēbāre, expungēbāris		expungēbātur		expungēbāmur		expungēbāminī		expungēbantur
	future	expungar		expungēre, expungēris		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		expungāre, expungāris		expungātur		expungāmur		expungāminī		expungantur
	imperfect	expungerer		expungerēre, expungerēris		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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		expungere			expungī			expungēns			—
future		expūnctūrum esse			expūnctum īrī			expūnctūrus			expungendus, expungundus
perfect		expūnxisse			expūnctum esse			—			expūnctus
future perfect		—			expūnctum fore			—			—
perfect potential		expūnctūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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
• 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.