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expugnare

expugnare is a Latin form of expugno, meaning “take by storm, capture; overcome”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 35 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.12.2: Id ex itinere oppugnare conatus, quod vacuum ab defensoribus esse audiebat, propter latitudinem fossae murique altitudinem paucis defendentibus expugnare non potuit.

Lucan, Civil War 10.360: Expugnare senem potuit Cleopatra venenis:

All forms of expugno (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.