expavesco
Latin
Etymology
From ex- + pavēscō (“I begin to fear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spaˈweːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.spaˈvɛs.ko]
Verb
expavēscō (present infinitive expavēscere, perfect active expāvī); third conjugation, no supine stem
- to become very frightened
- to 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 […]
- (transitive) to dread
Conjugation
Conjugation of expavēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
Related terms
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.