expansus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of expandō.

Participle

expānsus (feminine expānsa, neuter expānsum); first/second-declension participle

  1. expanded
  2. explained

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative expānsus expānsa expānsum expānsī expānsae expānsa
genitive expānsī expānsae expānsī expānsōrum expānsārum expānsōrum
dative expānsō expānsae expānsō expānsīs
accusative expānsum expānsam expānsum expānsōs expānsās expānsa
ablative expānsō expānsā expānsō expānsīs
vocative expānse expānsa expānsum expānsī expānsae expānsa

Descendants

  • English: expanse
  • Italian: espanso, spanso, spaso
  • Portuguese: expanso
  • Sicilian: spasu

References

  • “expansus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expansus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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