expaveo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ paveō (I fear).

Pronunciation

Verb

expaveō (present infinitive expavēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be sorely afraid or terrified of

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Aromanian: aspar
  • Italian: spavaldo
  • Romanian: speria
  • Venetan: spaxemar, spaviar
  • Vulgar Latin: *expaventāre (see there for further descendants)

See also

References

  • expaveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • expaveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.