expedio

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Verb

expediō (present infinitive expedīre, perfect active expedīvī or expediī, supine expedītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles
  2. to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, release
  3. to unwind, untangle, untie, unwrap; disconnect, detach, extricate from entanglements
  4. to remove impediments, clear obstacles; hasten, expedite a process
  5. to make ready; prepare, develop, produce
  6. to carry out, make happen, effect; arrange, settle a matter
  7. to carry forth, bring forward; send out, dispatch, expedite
  8. to procure or obtain
  9. to be profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient

Conjugation
   Conjugation of expediō (fourth conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expediō expedīs expedit expedīmus expedītis expediunt
imperfect expediēbam expediēbās expediēbat expediēbāmus expediēbātis expediēbant
future expediam expediēs expediet expediēmus expediētis expedient
perfect expedīvī,
expediī		 expedīvistī,
expediistī		 expedīvit,
expediit		 expedīvimus,
expediimus		 expedīvistis,
expediistis		 expedīvērunt,
expedīvēre,
expediērunt,
expediēre
pluperfect expedīveram,
expedieram		 expedīverās,
expedierās		 expedīverat,
expedierat		 expedīverāmus,
expedierāmus		 expedīverātis,
expedierātis		 expedīverant,
expedierant
future perfect expedīverō,
expedierō		 expedīveris,
expedieris		 expedīverit,
expedierit		 expedīverimus,
expedierimus		 expedīveritis,
expedieritis		 expedīverint,
expedierint
passive present expedior expedīris,
expedīre		 expedītur expedīmur expedīminī expediuntur
imperfect expediēbar expediēbāris,
expediēbāre		 expediēbātur expediēbāmur expediēbāminī expediēbantur
future expediar expediēris,
expediēre		 expediētur expediēmur expediēminī expedientur
perfect expedītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect expedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect expedītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expediam expediās expediat expediāmus expediātis expediant
imperfect expedīrem expedīrēs expedīret expedīrēmus expedīrētis expedīrent
perfect expedīverim,
expedierim		 expedīverīs,
expedierīs		 expedīverit,
expedierit		 expedīverīmus,
expedierīmus		 expedīverītis,
expedierītis		 expedīverint,
expedierint
pluperfect expedīvissem,
expediissem		 expedīvissēs,
expediissēs		 expedīvisset,
expediisset		 expedīvissēmus,
expediissēmus		 expedīvissētis,
expediissētis		 expedīvissent,
expediissent
passive present expediar expediāris,
expediāre		 expediātur expediāmur expediāminī expediantur
imperfect expedīrer expedīrēris,
expedīrēre		 expedīrētur expedīrēmur expedīrēminī expedīrentur
perfect expedītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect expedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — expedī — — expedīte —
future — expedītō expedītō — expedītōte expediuntō
passive present — expedīre — — expedīminī —
future — expedītor expedītor — — expediuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives expedīre expedīvisse,
expediisse		 expedītūrum esse expedīrī,
expedīrier1		 expedītum esse expedītum īrī
participles expediēns — expedītūrus — expedītus expediendus,
expediundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
expediendī expediendō expediendum expediendō expedītum expedītū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants
  • Galician: espir
  • Italian: spedire
  • Portuguese: despir
  • Sicilian: spediri
  • Venetian: spedir
  • Vulgar Latin: *expedītāre
  • → English: expedite
  • → Esperanto: ekspedi
  • → French: expédier
  • → Ido: expediar
  • → Portuguese: expedir
  • → Spanish: expedir

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shpëtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
  • “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • expedio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 628.
  • expedio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2573
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
    • to arrange, settle a matter: negotium conficere, expedire, transigere
    • to make ready for battle: arma expedire (Tusc. 2. 16. 37)
    • to clear for action: navem expedire
  • “expede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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