expeto
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.spe.toː/, [ˈɛks̠pɛt̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈek.spe.to/, [ˈɛkspet̪o]
Verb
expetō (present infinitive expetere, perfect active expetīvī or expetiī, supine expetītum); third conjugation
- I desire, covet
- Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, sitiō, petō, indigeō, aveō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
- I demand insistently, solicit
- Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, obsecrō, requīrō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
- I strive for
- Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, adnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
- I seek after, aim at
- Synonyms: affectō, quaerō, dēstinō
- I happen
- Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of expetō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | expetō | expetis | expetit | expetimus | expetitis | expetunt |
| imperfect | expetēbam | expetēbās | expetēbat | expetēbāmus | expetēbātis | expetēbant | |
| future | expetam | expetēs | expetet | expetēmus | expetētis | expetent | |
| perfect | expetīvī, expetiī | expetīvistī, expetiistī, expetīstī1 | expetīvit, expetiit, expetīt1 | expetīvimus, expetiimus, expetīmus1 | expetīvistis, expetiistis, expetīstis1 | expetīvērunt, expetīvēre, expetiērunt, expetiēre, expetīrunt1 | |
| pluperfect | expetīveram, expetieram, expetīram1 | expetīverās, expetierās, expetīrās1 | expetīverat, expetierat, expetīrat1 | expetīverāmus, expetierāmus, expetīrāmus1 | expetīverātis, expetierātis, expetīrātis1 | expetīverant, expetierant, expetīrant1 | |
| future perfect | expetīverō, expetierō, expetīrō1 | expetīveris, expetieris, expetīris1 | expetīverit, expetierit, expetīrit1 | expetīverimus, expetierimus, expetīrimus1 | expetīveritis, expetieritis, expetīritis1 | expetīverint, expetierint, expetīrint1 | |
| passive | present | expetor | expeteris, expetere | expetitur | expetimur | expetiminī | expetuntur |
| imperfect | expetēbar | expetēbāris, expetēbāre | expetēbātur | expetēbāmur | expetēbāminī | expetēbantur | |
| future | expetar | expetēris, expetēre | expetētur | expetēmur | expetēminī | expetentur | |
| perfect | expetītus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | expetītus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | expetam | expetās | expetat | expetāmus | expetātis | expetant |
| imperfect | expeterem | expeterēs | expeteret | expeterēmus | expeterētis | expeterent | |
| perfect | expetīverim, expetierim, expetīrim1 | expetīverīs, expetierīs, expetīrīs1 | expetīverit, expetierit, expetīrit1 | expetīverīmus, expetierīmus, expetīrīmus1 | expetīverītis, expetierītis, expetīrītis1 | expetīverint, expetierint, expetīrint1 | |
| pluperfect | expetīvissem, expetiissem, expetīssem1 | expetīvissēs, expetiissēs, expetīssēs1 | expetīvisset, expetiisset, expetīsset1 | expetīvissēmus, expetiissēmus, expetīssēmus1 | expetīvissētis, expetiissētis, expetīssētis1 | expetīvissent, expetiissent, expetīssent1 | |
| passive | present | expetar | expetāris, expetāre | expetātur | expetāmur | expetāminī | expetantur |
| imperfect | expeterer | expeterēris, expeterēre | expeterētur | expeterēmur | expeterēminī | expeterentur | |
| perfect | expetītus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | expetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | expete | — | — | expetite | — |
| future | — | expetitō | expetitō | — | expetitōte | expetuntō | |
| passive | present | — | expetere | — | — | expetiminī | — |
| future | — | expetitor | expetitor | — | — | expetuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | expetere | expetīvisse, expetiisse, expetīsse1 | expetītūrum esse | expetī | expetītum esse | expetītum īrī | |
| participles | expetēns | — | expetītūrus | — | expetītus | expetendus, expetundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| expetendī | expetendō | expetendum | expetendō | expetītum | expetītū | ||
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
Related terms
- expetendus
- expetēns
- expetenter
- expetessō, expetissō
- expetibilis
- expetitio
- expetitor
- expetitus
References
- “expeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- expeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “expeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- expeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo
- to revenge oneself for a thing: ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetere
- to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
- to exact a penalty from some one: poenas expetere ab aliquo
- to revenge oneself on some one: ulcisci aliquem, poenas expetere ab aliquo