expavesco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ pavēscō (“I begin to fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.spaˈu̯eːs.koː/, [ɛks̠päˈu̯eːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.spaˈves.ko/, [ekspäˈvɛsko]

Verb

expavēscō (present infinitive expavēscere, perfect active expāvī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. to become very frightened
2. to shrink/shy away from
   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:

     Procul dubio expavissetis ad solitudinem vestram […]

     Undoubtedly, you would have become very frightened by your solitude […]

3. (transitive) to dread

Conjugation

Conjugation of expavēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expavēscō	expavēscis	expavēscit	expavēscimus	expavēscitis	expavēscunt
	imperfect	expavēscēbam	expavēscēbās	expavēscēbat	expavēscēbāmus	expavēscēbātis	expavēscēbant
	future	expavēscam	expavēscēs	expavēscet	expavēscēmus	expavēscētis	expavēscent
	perfect	expāvī	expāvistī	expāvit	expāvimus	expāvistis	expāvērunt, expāvēre
	pluperfect	expāveram	expāverās	expāverat	expāverāmus	expāverātis	expāverant
	future perfect	expāverō	expāveris	expāverit	expāverimus	expāveritis	expāverint
passive	present	expavēscor	expavēsceris, expavēscere	expavēscitur	expavēscimur	expavēsciminī	expavēscuntur
	imperfect	expavēscēbar	expavēscēbāris, expavēscēbāre	expavēscēbātur	expavēscēbāmur	expavēscēbāminī	expavēscēbantur
	future	expavēscar	expavēscēris, expavēscēre	expavēscētur	expavēscēmur	expavēscēminī	expavēscentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expavēscam	expavēscās	expavēscat	expavēscāmus	expavēscātis	expavēscant
	imperfect	expavēscerem	expavēscerēs	expavēsceret	expavēscerēmus	expavēscerētis	expavēscerent
	perfect	expāverim	expāverīs	expāverit	expāverīmus	expāverītis	expāverint
	pluperfect	expāvissem	expāvissēs	expāvisset	expāvissēmus	expāvissētis	expāvissent
passive	present	expavēscar	expavēscāris, expavēscāre	expavēscātur	expavēscāmur	expavēscāminī	expavēscantur
	imperfect	expavēscerer	expavēscerēris, expavēscerēre	expavēscerētur	expavēscerēmur	expavēscerēminī	expavēscerentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expavēsce	—	—	expavēscite	—
	future	—	expavēscitō	expavēscitō	—	expavēscitōte	expavēscuntō
passive	present	—	expavēscere	—	—	expavēsciminī	—
	future	—	expavēscitor	expavēscitor	—	—	expavēscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expavēscere	expāvisse	—	expavēscī	—	—
participles		expavēscēns	—	—	—	—	expavēscendus, expavēscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expavēscendī	expavēscendō	expavēscendum	expavēscendō	—	—

Related terms

• expaveō
• paveō
• pavēscō

References

• “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expavesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.