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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		spatiārī			—			spatiāns			—
future		spatiātūrum esse			—			spatiātūrus			spatiandus
perfect		spatiātum esse			—			spatiātus			—
future perfect		spatiātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		spatiātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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