expeto

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.

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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