expio

expio

See also: expió and expío

Catalan

Verb

expio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of expiar

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- (out of, from) + piō (appease; expiate; avenge).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    expiō (present infinitive expiāre, perfect active expiāvī, supine expiātum); first conjugation

    1. to make amends or atonement for a crime or a criminal; atone for, expiate, purge by sacrifice; repair, appease
      Synonym: luo
    2. to punish, avenge
      Synonyms: castīgō, multō, pūniō, mulctō, obiūrgō, animadvertō, moneō, ulcīscor, plēctō, exsequor
    3. (of an omen or sign) to avert

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • expiātōrius
    • expiātrīx
    • piō

    Descendants

    • Catalan: expiar
    • English: expiate
    • French: expier
    • Italian: espiare
    • Spanish: expiar

    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[1], 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)

    Portuguese

    Verb

    expio

    1. first-person singular present indicative of expiar