English → Latin
“expunge” in Latin
expungōto strike out, cross out, blot out, erase; to expunge (a debt)rādōto scrape, shave, scratch; to rub, smooth; to touch (upon), brush along, grazeērādōto scrape away, pare; to abolish, eradicate, remove; to erase, deleteexstinguōto quench, extinguish, put out; to destroy, kill, slay, abolishdēleōto destroy, raze, annihilate; to finish, terminate, put an end to; to delete (e.g. Ecclesiastical: from the book of lifeindūcōto lead, bring or conduct in or into somewhere; to bring forward, exhibit, represent; to bring into or before a courtcorrigōto correct (set right); to straighten; to make alterations or improvements in, amend, reform
The English word expunge itself goes back to Latin pungō, through expungere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
expunge
expungere: radere: eradere: exstinguere: delere, inducere: litura tollere or corrigere [SYN. in ERASE]. To expunge a debt, nomen expungere: nomen tollere de tabula.
IMPROPR., Vid: ANNUL.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for expunge?
- The usual Latin words for “expunge” are expungō, rādō, ērādō; also exstinguō, dēleō, indūcō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.