exspectatio

Latin

Noun

exspectātiō f (genitive exspectātiōnis); third declension

  1. expectation, waiting
  2. suspense

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative exspectātiō exspectātiōnēs
Genitive exspectātiōnis exspectātiōnum
Dative exspectātiōnī exspectātiōnibus
Accusative exspectātiōnem exspectātiōnēs
Ablative exspectātiōne exspectātiōnibus
Vocative exspectātiō exspectātiōnēs

Descendants

References
  • exspectatio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • exspectatio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exspectatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • we expect a great deal from a man of your calibre: magna est exspectatio ingenii tui
    • contrary to expectation: praeter spem, exspectationem
    • to cause oneself to be expected: exspectationem sui facere, commovere
    • to fulfil expectation: exspectationem explere (De Or. 1. 47. 205)
    • to respond to expectations: exspectationi satisfacere, respondere
    • to be in suspense, waiting for a thing: exspectatione alicuius rei pendēre (animi) (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 66)
    • to suffer torments of expectation, delay: exspectatione torqueri, cruciari
    • to rouse a person's expectation, curiosity to the highest pitch: aliquem in summam exspectationem adducere (Tusc. 1. 17. 39)
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