expectoro

Catalan

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Latin

Etymology

ex- +‎ pectus (“chest; mind, spirit”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ekˈspek.to.roː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛkt̪ɔroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspek.to.ro/, [ekˈspɛkt̪oro]

Verb

expectorō (present infinitive expectorāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. (transitive) to banish from one's mind
2. (post-Classical) to clear from one's chest, lungs

Usage notes

The sense "banish from one's mind" was seen as archaic by Classical grammarians. The word was likely formed anew, with a more literal meaning, by Renaissance medical writers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of expectorō (first conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expectorō	expectorās	expectorat	expectorāmus	expectorātis	expectorant
	imperfect	expectorābam	expectorābās	expectorābat	expectorābāmus	expectorābātis	expectorābant
	future	expectorābō	expectorābis	expectorābit	expectorābimus	expectorābitis	expectorābunt
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expectorem	expectorēs	expectoret	expectorēmus	expectorētis	expectorent
	imperfect	expectorārem	expectorārēs	expectorāret	expectorārēmus	expectorārētis	expectorārent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expectorā	—	—	expectorāte	—
	future	—	expectorātō	expectorātō	—	expectorātōte	expectorantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expectorāre	—	—	—	—	—
participles		expectorāns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expectorandī	expectorandō	expectorandum	expectorandō	—	—

Descendants

• Sicilian: spitturari
• → Catalan: expectorar (learned)
• → English: expectorate
• → French: expectorer (learned)
• → Portuguese: expectorar (learned)
• → Spanish: expectorar (learned)

References

• “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar

Spanish

Verb

expectoro

1. first-person singular present indicative of expectorar