expeto

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ petō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spe.toː/, [ˈɛks̠pɛt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spe.to/, [ˈɛkspet̪o]

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.

Related terms

• expetendus
• expetēns
• expetenter
• expetessō, expetissō
• expetibilis
• expetitio
• expetitor
• expetitus

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