expeto

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.spe.toː/, [ˈɛk.spɛ.toː]

Verb

expetō (present infinitive expetere, perfect active expetīvī or expetiī, supine expetītum); third conjugation

  1. I desire, covet
  2. I aspire to
  3. I happen

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 expetīvimus, expetiimus expetīvistis, expetiistis, expetīstis1 expetīvērunt, expetīvēre, expetiērunt, expetiēre
pluperfect expetīveram, expetieram expetīverās, expetierās expetīverat, expetierat expetīverāmus, expetierāmus expetīverātis, expetierātis expetīverant, expetierant
future perfect expetīverō, expetierō expetīveris, expetieris expetīverit, expetierit expetīverimus, expetierimus expetīveritis, expetieritis expetīverint, expetierint
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 expetīverīs, expetierīs expetīverit, expetierit expetīverīmus, expetierīmus expetīverītis, expetierītis expetīverint, expetierint
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 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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