spatior

Latin

Deponent verb from the passive form of spatiō (“wander, roam; circulate”), from spatium (“space, distance”) +‎ -ō.

spatior (present infinitive spatiārī, perfect active spatiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

to go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade; walk along, accompany
- CIL 9.1837:
  Tu qui secura spatiarus mente viator
  Who are you, wanderer, who walks secure of mind?
to stride, proceed, process, advance, march, move along, walk or step in formal motion
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.62:
  [...] aut ante ōra deum pinguīs spatiātur ad ārās, [...].
  Or [Dido] walks [in ritual] before the faces of the gods toward the richly laden altars, [...].
  (deum = deorum; i.e., before images, icons or statues of deities)
(intransitive, of things) to spread, spread out; expand

The dialectal second-person singular form spatiarus is attested in one inscription.^[1]

Conjugation of spatior (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	spatior	spatiāris, spatiāre		spatiātur	spatiāmur	spatiāminī		spatiantur
	imperfect	spatiābar	spatiābāris, spatiābāre		spatiābātur	spatiābāmur	spatiābāminī		spatiābantur
	future	spatiābor	spatiāberis, spatiābere		spatiābitur	spatiābimur	spatiābiminī		spatiābuntur
	perfect	spatiātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	spatiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	spatiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	spatier	spatiēris, spatiēre		spatiētur	spatiēmur	spatiēminī		spatientur
	imperfect	spatiārer	spatiārēris, spatiārēre		spatiārētur	spatiārēmur	spatiārēminī		spatiārentur
	perfect	spatiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	spatiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	spatiāre		—	—	spatiāminī		—
active	future	—	spatiātor		spatiātor	—	—		spatiantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		spatiārī		—		spatiāns		—
future		spatiātūrum esse		—		spatiātūrus		spatiandus
perfect		spatiātum esse		—		spatiātus		—
future perfect		spatiātum fore		—		—		—
perfect potential		spatiātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		spatiandī	spatiandō		spatiandum	spatiandō	spatiātum		spatiātū

Asturian: espaciar
Italian: spazzare
Sicilian: spazzari
→ English: spatiate
→ Italian: spaziare
- → German: spazieren
  - → Polish: spacerować
- → Dutch: spatieren
→ Old French: espace
- ⇒ French: espacer
- → English: space
→ Portuguese: espaçar
→ Sicilian: spaziari
→ Spanish: espaciar

^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009), Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, page 390

“spatior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“spatior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“spatior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1462.
spatior in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2744