LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

expugnō

expugnō (present infinitive expugnāre, perfect active expugnāvī, supine expugnātum)
Classical[ɛkˈspʊŋ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspuɲ.ɲo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue
  2. figurativelytransitiveto subdue, overcome, conquer, reduce
    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.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
  3. broadlyfigurativelytransitiveto accomplish, achieve (something)
  4. transitiveto plunder, pillage, sack (a property, city)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expugnōexpugnābamexpugnābōexpugnāvīexpugnāveramexpugnāverō
expugnārō
2nd sg.expugnāsexpugnābāsexpugnābisexpugnāvistī
expugnāstī		expugnāverās
expugnārās		expugnāveris
3rd sg.expugnatexpugnābatexpugnābitexpugnāvitexpugnāverat
expugnārat		expugnāverit
expugnārit
1st pl.expugnāmusexpugnābāmusexpugnābimusexpugnāvimusexpugnāverāmusexpugnāverimus
expugnārimus
2nd pl.expugnātisexpugnābātisexpugnābitisexpugnāvistis
expugnāstis		expugnāverātis
expugnārātis		expugnāveritis
expugnāritis
3rd pl.expugnantexpugnābantexpugnābuntexpugnāvērunt
expugnāvēre, expugnārunt		expugnāverant
expugnārant		expugnāverint
expugnārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expugnemexpugnāremexpugnāverim
expugnārim		expugnāvissem
expugnāssem
2nd sg.expugnēsexpugnārēsexpugnāverīsexpugnāvissēs
expugnāssēs
3rd sg.expugnetexpugnāretexpugnāverit
expugnārit		expugnāvisset
expugnāsset
1st pl.expugnēmusexpugnārēmusexpugnāverīmus
expugnārīmus		expugnāvissēmus
expugnāssēmus
2nd pl.expugnētisexpugnārētisexpugnāverītis
expugnārītis		expugnāvissētis
expugnāssētis
3rd pl.expugnentexpugnārentexpugnāverint
expugnārint		expugnāvissent
expugnāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.expugnorexpugnābarexpugnābor
2nd sg.expugnāris
expugnāre		expugnābāris
expugnābāre		expugnāberis
expugnābere
3rd sg.expugnāturexpugnābāturexpugnābitur
1st pl.expugnāmurexpugnābāmurexpugnābimur
2nd pl.expugnāminīexpugnābāminīexpugnābiminī
3rd pl.expugnanturexpugnābanturexpugnābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.expugnerexpugnārer
2nd sg.expugnēris
expugnēre		expugnārēris
expugnārēre
3rd sg.expugnēturexpugnārētur
1st pl.expugnēmurexpugnārēmur
2nd pl.expugnēminīexpugnārēminī
3rd pl.expugnenturexpugnārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expugnāexpugnāre
pres. 2nd pl.expugnāteexpugnāminī
fut. 2nd sg.expugnātōexpugnātor
fut. 3rd sg.expugnātōexpugnātor
fut. 2nd pl.expugnātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expugnantōexpugnantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpugnāreexpugnārī
perfect infinitiveexpugnāvisse
expugnāsse		expugnātum esse
future infinitiveexpugnātūrum esseexpugnātum īrī
present participleexpugnāns—
perfect participle—expugnātus
expugnāta, expugnātā, expugnātae, expugnātam, expugnātārum, expugnātās, expugnātī, expugnātōrum, expugnātōs
future participleexpugnātūrus
expugnātūra, expugnātūrā, expugnātūrae, expugnātūram, expugnātūrārum, expugnātūrās, expugnātūre, expugnātūrī, expugnātūrīs, expugnātūrō, expugnātūrōrum, expugnātūrōs, expugnātūrum		expugnandus
expugnanda, expugnandā, expugnandae, expugnandam, expugnandārum, expugnandās, expugnande, expugnandīs, expugnandōrum, expugnandōs
gerundexpugnandī, expugnandō, expugnandumsupineexpugnātum, expugnātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

navem expugnare
to board and capture a boat.
oppidum capere, expugnare
to take, storm a town.

ex-pugno, āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic
I. inf. fut. expugnassere, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 55), v. a., to take by assault, to storm, capture, reduce, subdue (freq. and class.; syn.: obsideo, oppugno, capio).
I. Lit., of places: id (oppidum Noviodunum) ex itinere oppugnare conatus, expugnare non potuit, Caes. B. G. 2, 12, 2: oppidum, id. ib. 2, 10, 4; 3, 14, 1 al.: nonnullas urbes per vim, id. B. C. 3, 55, 3: urbem, Liv. 2, 12, 1: Cirtam armis, Sall. J. 23, 1: castellum, Caes. B. G. 2, 9, 4; 3, 1, 4: loca multa, Nep. Ages. 3: moenia mundi, Lucr. 2, 1144 et saep.—
B. Transf., of other objects (things or persons), to subdue, overcome, break down or through, sweep away: naves, Caes. B. G. 3, 15, 2 and 5: aedes, Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 3; cf. villas, Sall. J. 44, 5: carcerem, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 76: Philippum et Nabin expugnatos, conquered, Liv. 37, 25, 6; cf.: inclusos moenibus expugnat, Curt. 9, 4: aliquos, id. 6, 6; Tac. Agr. 41; Flor. 2, 2, 16; Just. 3, 5: expugnavi amanti herili filio aurum ab suo patre, obtained by force, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 5.—Of inanimate subjects: flumina id oppidum expugnavere, swept away, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 138: Euphrates Taurum expugnat, i. e. breaks through, id. 5, 24, 20, § 85: lacte equino venena et toxica expugnantur, are counteracted, id. 28, 10, 45, § 159.—
II. Trop., to conquer, subdue, overcome: sapientis animus magnitudine consilii, tolerantia, virtutibus, etc. ... vincetur et expugnabitur, Cic. Par. 4, 1, 27: nihil tam munitum, quod non expugnari pecuniā possit, Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 4: fortunas patrias, id. Clu. 13, 36: pudicitiam, to violate, id. Cael. 20; 50: aut enim expugnatur intentio aut adsumptio aut conclusio, nonnumquam omnia, i. e. is refuted, confuted, Quint. 5, 14, 20 sq.: pertinaciam legatorum, Liv. 37, 56, 9: paupertatem, Petr. 126: expugnatus precibus uxoris, Suet. Tib. 21; so simply expugnatus, id. Caes. 1; id. Vesp. 22: coepta, to fight through, to accomplish, Ov. M. 9, 619; cf.: sibi legationem expugnavit, extorted, wrung out, obtained (= extorsit), Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 16, § 44.—With ut: aliqua ratione expugnasset iste, ut dies tollerentur, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 130: aegre expugnavit, ut, etc., Petr. 108.—Hence, * ex-pugnans, antis, P. a., efficient, efficacious: expugnantior herba, Ov. M. 14, 21 (so Jahn and Bach., Merkel, expugnacior).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexpugnō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *puǵnos Proto-Italic *pugnos Latin pugnus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pugnō Latin expugnō From ex- + pugnō (“fight”).

Descendants
  • Catalanexpugnar
  • Englishexpugn
  • Italianespugnare
  • Portugueseexpugnar
  • Spanishexpugnar

In English words that came into English from expugnō

  • expugnexpugnō

Quick answers

What does expugnō mean in Latin?
expugnō, a verb, means “to take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue; to subdue, overcome, conquer, reduce; to accomplish, achieve (something)”.
What are the principal parts of expugnō?
expugnō, expugnāre, expugnāvī, expugnātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce expugnō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈspʊŋ.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈspuɲ.ɲo].
Where does expugnō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expugnō.