expedio
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of”) + pēs, pedis (“feet”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ekˈspe.di.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛd̪ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈspe.di.o/, [ekˈspɛːd̪io]
Verb
expediō (present infinitive expedīre, perfect active expedīvī or expediī, supine expedītum); fourth conjugation
- I free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles
- I loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, release
- I unwind, untangle, untie, unwrap; disconnect, detach, extricate from entanglements
- I remove impediments, clear obstacles; hasten, expedite a process
- I make ready; prepare, develop, produce
- I carry out, make happen, effect; arrange, settle a matter
- I carry forth, bring forward; send out, dispatch, expedite
- I procure or obtain
- I am profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient
Conjugation
| Conjugation of expediō (fourth conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | expediō | expedīs | expedit | expedīmus | expedītis | expediunt |
| imperfect | expediēbam | expediēbās | expediēbat | expediēbāmus | expediēbātis | expediēbant | |
| future | expediam | expediēs | expediet | expediēmus | expediētis | expedient | |
| perfect | expedīvī, expediī | expedīvistī, expediistī | expedīvit, expediit | expedīvimus, expediimus | expedīvistis, expediistis | expedīvērunt, expedīvēre, expediērunt, expediēre | |
| pluperfect | expedīveram, expedieram | expedīverās, expedierās | expedīverat, expedierat | expedīverāmus, expedierāmus | expedīverātis, expedierātis | expedīverant, expedierant | |
| future perfect | expedīverō, expedierō | expedīveris, expedieris | expedīverit, expedierit | expedīverimus, expedierimus | expedīveritis, expedieritis | expedīverint, expedierint | |
| passive | present | expedior | expedīris, expedīre | expedītur | expedīmur | expedīminī | expediuntur |
| imperfect | expediēbar | expediēbāris, expediēbāre | expediēbātur | expediēbāmur | expediēbāminī | expediēbantur | |
| future | expediar | expediēris, expediēre | expediētur | expediēmur | expediēminī | expedientur | |
| perfect | expedītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | expedītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | expediam | expediās | expediat | expediāmus | expediātis | expediant |
| imperfect | expedīrem | expedīrēs | expedīret | expedīrēmus | expedīrētis | expedīrent | |
| perfect | expedīverim, expedierim | expedīverīs, expedierīs | expedīverit, expedierit | expedīverīmus, expedierīmus | expedīverītis, expedierītis | expedīverint, expedierint | |
| pluperfect | expedīvissem, expediissem | expedīvissēs, expediissēs | expedīvisset, expediisset | expedīvissēmus, expediissēmus | expedīvissētis, expediissētis | expedīvissent, expediissent | |
| passive | present | expediar | expediāris, expediāre | expediātur | expediāmur | expediāminī | expediantur |
| imperfect | expedīrer | expedīrēris, expedīrēre | expedīrētur | expedīrēmur | expedīrēminī | expedīrentur | |
| perfect | expedītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | expedī | — | — | expedīte | — |
| future | — | expedītō | expedītō | — | expedītōte | expediuntō | |
| passive | present | — | expedīre | — | — | expedīminī | — |
| future | — | expedītor | expedītor | — | — | expediuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | expedīre | expedīvisse, expediisse | expedītūrum esse | expedīrī, expedīrier1 | expedītum esse | expedītum īrī | |
| participles | expediēns | — | expedītūrus | — | expedītus | expediendus, expediundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| expediendī | expediendō | expediendum | expediendō | expedītum | expedītū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Descendants
- Galician: espir
- Italian: spedire
- Portuguese: despir
- Sicilian: spediri
- Venetian: spedir
- Vulgar Latin: *expedītāre
- → Albanian: shpëtoj[1]
- → English: expedite
- → Esperanto: ekspedi
- → French: expédier
- → Ido: expediar
- → Portuguese: expedir
- → Spanish: expedir
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “shpëtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
- “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expedio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 628
- expedio in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 1, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2573
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
- to arrange, settle a matter: negotium conficere, expedire, transigere
- to make ready for battle: arma expedire (Tusc. 2. 16. 37)
- to clear for action: navem expedire
- to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
- expede in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.