spatior

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspa.ti.or/, [ˈs̠pät̪iɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspat.t͡si.or/, [ˈspät̪ː͡s̪ior]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		spatiārī	spatiātum esse	spatiātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		spatiāns	spatiātus	spatiātūrus	—	—	spatiandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		spatiandī	spatiandō	spatiandum	spatiandō	spatiātum	spatiātū

Derived terms

• cōnspatior
• exspatior, expatior
• spatiātor
• spatiātus
• spatiō

Descendants

• Italian: spazzare
• Sicilian: spazzari
• → English: spatiate
• → Italian: spazziare
  • → German: spazieren
  • → Dutch: spatieren
• → Old French: espace
  • ⇒ French: espacer
  • → English: space
• → 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