exprimo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of, from”) +‎ premō (“press”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spri.moː/, [ˈɛks̠prɪmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spri.mo/, [ˈɛksprimo]

Verb

exprimō (present infinitive exprimere, perfect active expressī, supine expressum); third conjugation

1. to squeeze out
2. to press (out); to express
3. to imitate or copy
4. to pronounce or express

Conjugation

Conjugation of exprimō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exprimō	exprimis	exprimit	exprimimus	exprimitis	exprimunt
	imperfect	exprimēbam	exprimēbās	exprimēbat	exprimēbāmus	exprimēbātis	exprimēbant
	future	exprimam	exprimēs	exprimet	exprimēmus	exprimētis	expriment
	perfect	expressī	expressistī	expressit	expressimus	expressistis	expressērunt, expressēre
	pluperfect	expresseram	expresserās	expresserat	expresserāmus	expresserātis	expresserant
	future perfect	expresserō	expresseris	expresserit	expresserimus	expresseritis	expresserint
passive	present	exprimor	exprimeris, exprimere	exprimitur	exprimimur	exprimiminī	exprimuntur
	imperfect	exprimēbar	exprimēbāris, exprimēbāre	exprimēbātur	exprimēbāmur	exprimēbāminī	exprimēbantur
	future	exprimar	exprimēris, exprimēre	exprimētur	exprimēmur	exprimēminī	exprimentur
	perfect	expressus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expressus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expressus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exprimam	exprimās	exprimat	exprimāmus	exprimātis	exprimant
	imperfect	exprimerem	exprimerēs	exprimeret	exprimerēmus	exprimerētis	exprimerent
	perfect	expresserim	expresserīs	expresserit	expresserīmus	expresserītis	expresserint
	pluperfect	expressissem	expressissēs	expressisset	expressissēmus	expressissētis	expressissent
passive	present	exprimar	exprimāris, exprimāre	exprimātur	exprimāmur	exprimāminī	exprimantur
	imperfect	exprimerer	exprimerēris, exprimerēre	exprimerētur	exprimerēmur	exprimerēminī	exprimerentur
	perfect	expressus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expressus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exprime	—	—	exprimite	—
	future	—	exprimitō	exprimitō	—	exprimitōte	exprimuntō
passive	present	—	exprimere	—	—	exprimiminī	—
	future	—	exprimitor	exprimitor	—	—	exprimuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exprimere	expressisse	expressūrum esse	exprimī	expressum esse	expressum īrī
participles		exprimēns	—	expressūrus	—	expressus	exprimendus, exprimundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exprimendī	exprimendō	exprimendum	exprimendō	expressum	expressū

Derived terms

• expressus
• expressiō

Descendants

• Aromanian: sprem, sprimeari
• Catalan: esprémer, exprimir
• → Dutch: uitdrukken (calque)
• English: express (from past participle), sprain (through Middle French)
• Old French: espriembre, espriendre, espreindre
  • Middle French: espraindre, espreindre
    • French: épreindre
• → French: exprimer
  • → Limburgish: exprimere
• Friulian: esprimi
• → German: ausdrücken (calque)
• Italian: esprimere, spremere

• Occitan: esprémer, espremir, esprimar
• Old Spanish: espremir
• Papiamentu: primi
• Piedmontese: esprime
• Portuguese: espremer, exprimir, expressar (by extension)
• Romanian: screme, scremere, exprima
• Sicilian: sprèmiri
• Spanish: expremir, exprimir

References

• “exprimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “exprimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exprimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a copy true to nature: aliquid ad verum exprimere
    
  • to express clearly, make a lifelike representation of a thing: exprimere aliquid verbis or oratione (vid. sect. VI. 3, note adumbrare...)
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): ad verbum transferre, exprimere
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): verbum e verbo exprimere
    
  • to pronounce the syllables distinctly: litteras exprimere (opp. obscurare)
    
• exprimo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Verb

exprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of exprimir

Spanish

Verb

exprimo

1. first-person singular present indicative of exprimir