expeto

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to desire, covet
    Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, sitiō, petō, indigeō, aveō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
    Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
  2. to demand insistently, solicit
    Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, obsecrō, requīrō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
  3. to strive for
    Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, adnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
  4. to seek after, aim at
    Synonyms: affectō, quaerō, dēstinō
  5. to happen
    Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

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,
expetīstī,
expetiistī1 		expetīvit,
expetīt,
expetiit1 		expetīvimus,
expetīmus,
expetiimus1 		expetīvistis,
expetīstis,
expetiistis1 		expetīvērunt,
expetīrunt,
expetīvēre,
expetiērunt,
expetiēre1
pluperfect expetīveram,
expetīram,
expetieram1 		expetīverās,
expetīrās,
expetierās1 		expetīverat,
expetīrat,
expetierat1 		expetīverāmus,
expetīrāmus,
expetierāmus1 		expetīverātis,
expetīrātis,
expetierātis1 		expetīverant,
expetīrant,
expetierant1
future perfect expetīverō,
expetīrō,
expetierō1 		expetīveris,
expetīris,
expetieris1 		expetīverit,
expetīrit,
expetierit1 		expetīverimus,
expetīrimus,
expetierimus1 		expetīveritis,
expetīritis,
expetieritis1 		expetīverint,
expetīrint,
expetierint1
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,
expetīrim,
expetierim1 		expetīverīs,
expetīrīs,
expetierīs1 		expetīverit,
expetīrit,
expetierit1 		expetīverīmus,
expetīrīmus,
expetierīmus1 		expetīverītis,
expetīrītis,
expetierītis1 		expetīverint,
expetīrint,
expetierint1
pluperfect expetīvissem,
expetīssem,
expetiissem1 		expetīvissēs,
expetīssēs,
expetiissēs1 		expetīvisset,
expetīsset,
expetiisset1 		expetīvissēmus,
expetīssēmus,
expetiissēmus1 		expetīvissētis,
expetīssētis,
expetiissētis1 		expetīvissent,
expetīssent,
expetiissent1
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present expetere expetī expetēns —
future expetītūrum esse expetītum īrī expetītūrus expetendus,
expetundus
perfect expetīvisse,
expetīsse,
expetiisse1 		expetītum esse — expetītus
future perfect — expetītum fore — —
perfect potential expetītūrum fuisse — — —
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 Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “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[1], 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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