Expugnabo

Expugnabo is a Latin verb form, specifically the first-person singular future indicative active of expugno, meaning “I shall take by assault” or “I will capture.” The verb expugno belongs to the first conjugation (present active infinitive expugnare) and is commonly used in military and siege contexts. The future tense expresses a planned or anticipated action rather than a completed one.

In usage, expugno takes a direct object in the accusative to denote what is seized, for example urbem expugnabo (“I shall capture the city”). The form expugnabo is the standard future first-person form; other person and tense forms follow regular patterns of the first conjugation (e.g., expugnas, expugnat, expugnavit).

Related forms and derivatives include expugnatio (the siege or act of taking by assault), expugnator (the attacker or besieger), and expugnabilis (able to be taken by assault). The word’s etymology traces to ex- plus pugno, underscoring the sense of forcing or fighting to gain control. In classical Latin, expugno and its derivatives appear in historical narratives, military descriptions, and poetry to describe the act of capturing fortified positions or settlements.