expulsus
The English word "banished" is translated into Latin as expulsus.
The term describes someone who has been subject to banishment.
Meaning: having been subject to banishment (adj)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is the perfect passive participle of the verb expellere, which means "to drive out" or "to push out".
How does it change in a sentence?
Use expulsa for feminine singular, expulsi for masculine plural and expulsae for feminine plural.
Did you know?
- While expulsus refers to being driven out, the Romans used a different term, interdictio aqua et igni, to describe a legal banishment that literally forbade the person from using 'water and fire' in the city.
- The word 'impulse' comes from the same root as expulsus. While an 'impulse' is a drive 'into' something, being expulsus is the result of a drive 'out' of something.
Examples in context
- Pompeius est exsul.Pompey is banished.
- Amicus meus urbe expulsus est.My friend was banished from the city.
- Hunc populum foras pellamus!Let's drive this people out!
- Amicus expulsus per multos annos non rediit.The banished friend did not return for many years.
Example conversation
Marcus and Julia are discussing a former citizen.
- MarcusCur ille vir hinc abiit?Why did that man leave from here?
- JuliaIlle a rege expulsus est.He was banished by the king.
- MarcusLacrimatne nunc in exilio?Is he weeping now in exile?
- JuliaIta, miser et expulsus est.Yes, he is wretched and banished.
