expeto

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

Verb

expetō (present infinitive expetere, perfect active expetīvī or expetiī, supine expetītum); third conjugation

  1. to desire, covet
    Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, sitiō, petō, indigeō, aveō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
  2. to demand insistently, solicit
    Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, obsecrō, requīrō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
  3. to strive for
    Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, adnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
  4. to seek after, aim at
    Synonyms: affectō, quaerō, dēstinō
  5. to 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

References

  • “expeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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
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