LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

expūrgātiō

expūrgātiō f (genitive expūrgātiōnis)

Meaning

  1. justification, vindication, excuse
  2. cleansing; expurgation

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeexpūrgātiōexpūrgātiōnēs
genitiveexpūrgātiōnisexpūrgātiōnum
dativeexpūrgātiōnīexpūrgātiōnibus
accusativeexpūrgātiōnemexpūrgātiōnēs
ablativeexpūrgātiōneexpūrgātiōnibus
vocativeexpūrgātiōexpūrgātiōnēs

expurgātĭo, ōnis, f. expurgo, II.,
I. a justification, vindication, excuse (a Plautin. word): habui expurgationem, Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 10; id. Merc. 5, 3, 4 (Ritschl, expurigationem).

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin expūrgātiō From expūrgō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanexpurgació
  • Englishexpurgation
  • Frenchexpurgation
  • Italianespurgazione
  • Portugueseexpurgação
  • Spanishexpurgación
  • Galicianexpurgación

Quick answers

What does expūrgātiō mean in Latin?
expūrgātiō, a noun, means “justification, vindication, excuse; cleansing; expurgation”.
What is the genitive of expūrgātiō?
The genitive singular is expūrgātiōnis. expūrgātiō is feminine, third declension.