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expungeret Verb: imperfect active subjunctive 3rd singular of expungo

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ex-pungo, unxi, unctum, 3, v. a. *
  • Lit., to prick out: nates jam diu sunt saepe expunctae, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 67 (843).— Hence,
  • II Transf.
    • A To strike out, cross out, blot out, erase from a list by points (set above or below).
      • 1 Lit., to expunge a debt, to discharge a soldier (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 41 (148): miles pulchre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo, discharged, disbanded, id. Curc. 4, 4, 29 (585): decurias judicum, Suet. Claud. 15: ex causa desertionis notatus temporis, quo in desertione fuit, stipendiis expungitur, is struck off from the roll, deprived of his pay, Dig. 49, 16, 15. —
      • 2 In gen.
          • α To get out of the way, remove: pupillum, Pers. 2, 12.—
          • β Esp., to blot out a score, remove an obligation (by returning the favor): munus munere, Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 4.—
    • B To settle or adjust an account, to reckon up any thing: rei publicae rationes subscriptae et expunctae, Dig. 44, 3, 4: ausus est annumerare posteris stellas ac sidera ad nomen expungere, to reckon up, enumerate, Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95: expungebantur milites laureati, were checked off, sc. as destined to be rewarded, Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.—
      • 2 Transf., in gen., to execute, accomplish, perform, fulfil: effectum, Tert. Apol. 35: adventum, id. ib. 21: vota et gaudia Caesarum, id. ib. 35.

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