vota+caesarum+tert

ex-pungo, unxi, unctum, 3, v. a.

Lit., to prick out:

nates jam diu sunt saepe expunctae,

Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 67.— Hence,

Transf.

To strike out, cross out, blot out, erase from a list by points (set above or below).

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. —

In gen.

To get out of the way, remove:

pupillum,

Pers. 2, 12.—

Esp., to blot out a score, remove an obligation (by returning the favor):

munus munere,

Sen. Ben. 4, 40, 4.—

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.—

Transf., in gen., to execute, accomplish, perform, fulfil:

effectum,

Tert. Apol. 35:

adventum,

id. ib. 21:

vota et gaudia Caesarum,

id. ib. 35.