expurgatio

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

expūrgō +‎ -tiō

Noun[edit]

expūrgātiō f (genitive expūrgātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative expūrgātiō expūrgātiōnēs
Genitive expūrgātiōnis expūrgātiōnum
Dative expūrgātiōnī expūrgātiōnibus
Accusative expūrgātiōnem expūrgātiōnēs
Ablative expūrgātiōne expūrgātiōnibus
Vocative expūrgātiō expūrgātiōnēs

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • expurgatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expurgatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.