expio
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + piō (“appease; expiate; avenge”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.spi.oː/, [ˈɛk.spi.oː]
Verb
expiō (present infinitive expiāre, perfect active expiāvī, supine expiātum); first conjugation
- I make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease.
- I punish, avenge.
- (of an omen or sign) I avert.
Inflection
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- expiātōrius
- expiātrīx
- piō
Descendants
References
- expio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- expio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to expiate a crime by punishment: scelus supplicio expiare
- to appease the manes, make sacrifice for departed souls: manes expiare (Pis. 7. 16)
- to expiate a crime by punishment: scelus supplicio expiare
This article is issued from
Wiktionary.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.