expavesco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.spaˈweːs.koː/, [ɛk.spaˈweːs.koː]

Verb

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

  1. I become very frightened
  2. I 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 […]

Inflection
   Conjugation of expavesco (third conjugation, active only)
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
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 expāverimus expāveritis expāverint
pluperfect expāvissem expāvissēs expāvisset expāvissēmus expāvissētis expāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — expavēsce — — expavēscite —
future — expavēscitō expavēscitō — expavēscitōte expavēscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives expavēscere expāvisse — — — —
participles expavēscēns — — — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
expavēscere expavēscendī expavēscendō expavēscendum — —

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
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