exspectatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exspectō (“expect”).

Pronunciation

Participle

exspectātus (feminine exspectāta, neuter exspectātum); first/second-declension participle

  1. awaited, waited for, longed for; having been awaited, etc.
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.282–283:
      “‘[...] Quibus Hector ab ōrīs / exspectāte venīs? [...].’”
      “‘Longed-for Hector, from what shores have you come?’”
  2. expected, having been expected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative exspectātus exspectāta exspectātum exspectātī exspectātae exspectāta
genitive exspectātī exspectātae exspectātī exspectātōrum exspectātārum exspectātōrum
dative exspectātō exspectātae exspectātō exspectātīs
accusative exspectātum exspectātam exspectātum exspectātōs exspectātās exspectāta
ablative exspectātō exspectātā exspectātō exspectātīs
vocative exspectāte exspectāta exspectātum exspectātī exspectātae exspectāta

References

  • “exspectatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “exspectatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • exspectatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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