to take by assault, storm, capture, reduce, subdue:
urbīs per vim, Cs.: Cirtam
armis, S.: quam (turrim), V.: iuvenum domos, H.: ipsum caput, i.
e. the old man in person, H.—To subdue, overcome, break down, break through,
sweep away: navīs, Cs.: villas, S.: Philippum et Nabin, L.: viri cum cohortibus expugnati, Ta. — Fig., to conquer,
subdue, overcome, achieve: nihil quod non expugnari pecuniā
possit: pudicitiam: pertinaciam legatorum, L.: coepta, accomplish, O.: sibi legationem, extort:
Spartam, i. e. robbed (of Helen), V.: expugnasset, ut dies tollerentur.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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