spatior

Latin

Etymology

Deponent verb from the passive form of spatiō (“wander, roam; circulate”), from spatium (“space, distance”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Verb

spatior (present infinitive spatiārī, perfect active spatiātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. to go for a walk; walk around; stroll, promenade; walk along, accompany
  2. to stride, proceed, process, advance, march, move along, walk or step in formal motion
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.62:
      [...] aut ante ōra deum pinguīs spatiātur ad ārās, [...].
      Or [Dido] walks [in ritual] before the faces of the gods toward the richly laden altars, [...].
      (deum = deorum; i.e., before images, icons or statues of deities)
  3. (intransitive, of things) to spread, spread out; expand

Conjugation

   Conjugation of spatior (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spatior spatiāris,
spatiāre 		spatiātur spatiāmur spatiāminī spatiantur
imperfect spatiābar spatiābāris,
spatiābāre 		spatiābātur spatiābāmur spatiābāminī spatiābantur
future spatiābor spatiāberis,
spatiābere 		spatiābitur spatiābimur spatiābiminī spatiābuntur
perfect spatiātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect spatiātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect spatiātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present spatier spatiēris,
spatiēre 		spatiētur spatiēmur spatiēminī spatientur
imperfect spatiārer spatiārēris,
spatiārēre 		spatiārētur spatiārēmur spatiārēminī spatiārentur
perfect spatiātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect spatiātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — spatiāre — — spatiāminī —
future — spatiātor spatiātor — — spatiantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present spatiārī — spatiāns —
future spatiātūrum esse — spatiātūrus spatiandus
perfect spatiātum esse — spatiātus —
future perfect spatiātum fore — — —
perfect potential spatiātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
spatiandī spatiandō spatiandum spatiandō spatiātum spatiātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: spazzare
  • Sicilian: spazzari
  • → English: spatiate
  • → Italian: spaziare
  • → Old French: espace
  • → Portuguese: espaçar
  • → Sicilian: spaziari
  • → Spanish: espaciar

References

  • “spatior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “spatior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • spatior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1462.
  • spatior in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2744
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