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expeto

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-
Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti
Latin petō
Latin expetō

    From ex- + petō.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    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

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       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,
    expetīstī,
    expetiistī1     		expetīvit,
    expetīt,
    expetiit1     		expetīvimus,
    expetīmus,
    expetiimus1     		expetīvistis,
    expetīstis,
    expetiistis1     		expetīvērunt,
    expetīrunt,
    expetīvēre,
    expetiērunt,
    expetiēre1
    pluperfect expetīveram,
    expetīram,
    expetieram1     		expetīverās,
    expetīrās,
    expetierās1     		expetīverat,
    expetīrat,
    expetierat1     		expetīverāmus,
    expetīrāmus,
    expetierāmus1     		expetīverātis,
    expetīrātis,
    expetierātis1     		expetīverant,
    expetīrant,
    expetierant1
    future perfect expetīverō,
    expetīrō,
    expetierō1     		expetīveris,
    expetīris,
    expetieris1     		expetīverit,
    expetīrit,
    expetierit1     		expetīverimus,
    expetīrimus,
    expetierimus1     		expetīveritis,
    expetīritis,
    expetieritis1     		expetīverint,
    expetīrint,
    expetierint1
    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,
    expetīrim,
    expetierim1     		expetīverīs,
    expetīrīs,
    expetierīs1     		expetīverit,
    expetīrit,
    expetierit1     		expetīverīmus,
    expetīrīmus,
    expetierīmus1     		expetīverītis,
    expetīrītis,
    expetierītis1     		expetīverint,
    expetīrint,
    expetierint1
    pluperfect expetīvissem,
    expetīssem,
    expetiissem1     		expetīvissēs,
    expetīssēs,
    expetiissēs1     		expetīvisset,
    expetīsset,
    expetiisset1     		expetīvissēmus,
    expetīssēmus,
    expetiissēmus1     		expetīvissētis,
    expetīssētis,
    expetiissētis1     		expetīvissent,
    expetīssent,
    expetiissent1
    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 infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present expetere expetī expetēns —
    future expetītūrum esse expetītum īrī expetītūrus expetendus,
    expetundus
    perfect expetīvisse,
    expetīsse,
    expetiisse1     		expetītum esse — expetītus
    future perfect — expetītum fore — —
    perfect potential expetītūrum fuisse — — —
    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.

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    Descendants

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    References

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    • “expeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • expeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), 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[1], 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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