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.