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expaveo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ paveō (I fear).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to be sorely afraid or terrified of

Conjugation

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Descendants

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

See also

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References

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  • 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.