ex-pungo, unxi, unctum, 3, v. a. *
I Lit., to prick out : nates jam diu sunt saepe expunctae, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 67.— Hence,
II Transf.
A To strike out , cross out , blot out , erase from a list by points (set above or below).
1 Lit., to expunge a debt, to discharge a soldier (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic.): ut expungatur nomen, ne quid debeam, Plaut. Cist. 1, 3, 41: miles pulchre centuriatus est expuncto in manipulo, discharged , disbanded , id. Curc. 4, 4, 29: decurias judicum, Suet. Claud. 15: ex causa desertionis notatus temporis, quo in desertione fuit, stipendiis expungitur, is struck off from the roll , deprived of his pay , Dig. 49, 16, 15. —
2 In gen.
α To get out of the way , remove : pupillum, Pers. 2, 12.—
β Esp., to blot out a score, remove an obligation (by returning the favor): munus munere, Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 4.—
B To settle or adjust an account, to reckon up any thing: rei publicae rationes subscriptae et expunctae, Dig. 44, 3, 4: ausus est annumerare posteris stellas ac sidera ad nomen expungere, to reckon up , enumerate , Plin. 2, 26, 24, § 95: expungebantur milites laureati, were checked off , sc. as destined to be rewarded, Tert. Cor. Mil. 1.—
2 Transf., in gen., to execute , accomplish , perform , fulfil : effectum, Tert. Apol. 35: adventum, id. ib. 21: vota et gaudia Caesarum, id. ib. 35.