noun · femininethird declension
expugnātiō
expugnātiō f (genitive expugnātiōnis)
Meaning
- storming
- assault
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | expugnātiō | expugnātiōnēs |
| genitive | expugnātiōnis | expugnātiōnum |
| dative | expugnātiōnī | expugnātiōnibus |
| accusative | expugnātiōnem | expugnātiōnēs |
| ablative | expugnātiōne | expugnātiōnibus |
| vocative | expugnātiō | expugnātiōnēs |
expugnātĭo, ōnis, f. expugno,
I. the taking of a place by assault, carrying by storm, storming:
urbis, Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 1: oppidi, Suet. Claud. 21: Mytilenarum, id. Caes. 2; cf.: ut ipsorum adventus in urbes sociorum non multum ab hostili expugnatione differant, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 5, 13: castrorum, Caes. B. G. 6, 41, 1.—In plur.: nocturnae aedium, Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3: nunc acie, nunc expugnationibus, Vell. 2, 98, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
expūgnātiō ōnis, f
expugno, a taking by assault, storming : urbis, Cs.: hostilis. — Plur: aedificiorum.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin expugnātiō From expugnō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Englishexpugnation
- Italianespugnazione