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.
(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.—
