exspecto

Latin

Alternative forms

expectō

Etymology

From ex- (“out”) +‎ spectō (“to look at”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspek.toː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛkt̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspek.to/, [ekˈspɛkt̪o]

Verb

exspectō (present infinitive exspectāre, perfect active exspectāvī, supine exspectātum); first conjugation

to wait for, await
Synonyms: opperior, maneō
to expect
Synonym: spērō
to have need of, require
Synonyms: requīrō, egeō

Conjugation

Conjugation of exspectō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exspectō	exspectās	exspectat	exspectāmus	exspectātis	exspectant
	imperfect	exspectābam	exspectābās	exspectābat	exspectābāmus	exspectābātis	exspectābant
	future	exspectābō	exspectābis	exspectābit	exspectābimus	exspectābitis	exspectābunt
	perfect	exspectāvī	exspectāvistī, exspectāstī¹	exspectāvit, exspectāt¹	exspectāvimus, exspectāmus¹	exspectāvistis, exspectāstis¹	exspectāvērunt, exspectāvēre, exspectārunt¹
	pluperfect	exspectāveram, exspectāram¹	exspectāverās, exspectārās¹	exspectāverat, exspectārat¹	exspectāverāmus, exspectārāmus¹	exspectāverātis, exspectārātis¹	exspectāverant, exspectārant¹
	future perfect	exspectāverō, exspectārō¹	exspectāveris, exspectāris¹	exspectāverit, exspectārit¹	exspectāverimus, exspectārimus¹	exspectāveritis, exspectāritis¹	exspectāverint, exspectārint¹
passive	present	exspector	exspectāris, exspectāre	exspectātur	exspectāmur	exspectāminī	exspectantur
	imperfect	exspectābar	exspectābāris, exspectābāre	exspectābātur	exspectābāmur	exspectābāminī	exspectābantur
	future	exspectābor	exspectāberis, exspectābere	exspectābitur	exspectābimur	exspectābiminī	exspectābuntur
	perfect	exspectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	exspectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	exspectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exspectem	exspectēs	exspectet	exspectēmus	exspectētis	exspectent
	imperfect	exspectārem	exspectārēs	exspectāret	exspectārēmus	exspectārētis	exspectārent
	perfect	exspectāverim, exspectārim¹	exspectāverīs, exspectārīs¹	exspectāverit, exspectārit¹	exspectāverīmus, exspectārīmus¹	exspectāverītis, exspectārītis¹	exspectāverint, exspectārint¹
	pluperfect	exspectāvissem, exspectāssem¹	exspectāvissēs, exspectāssēs¹	exspectāvisset, exspectāsset¹	exspectāvissēmus, exspectāssēmus¹	exspectāvissētis, exspectāssētis¹	exspectāvissent, exspectāssent¹
passive	present	exspecter	exspectēris, exspectēre	exspectētur	exspectēmur	exspectēminī	exspectentur
	imperfect	exspectārer	exspectārēris, exspectārēre	exspectārētur	exspectārēmur	exspectārēminī	exspectārentur
	perfect	exspectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	exspectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exspectā	—	—	exspectāte	—
active	future	—	exspectātō	exspectātō	—	exspectātōte	exspectantō
passive	present	—	exspectāre	—	—	exspectāminī	—
passive	future	—	exspectātor	exspectātor	—	—	exspectantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exspectāre	exspectāvisse, exspectāsse¹	exspectātūrum esse	exspectārī	exspectātum esse	exspectātum īrī
participles		exspectāns	—	exspectātūrus	—	exspectātus	exspectandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		exspectandī	exspectandō	exspectandum	exspectandō	exspectātum	exspectātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

exspectātiō

Descendants

>? Galician: espeitar
Italian: aspettare
Neapolitan: aspettare
Sicilian: aspittari
→ English: expect
→⇒ French: expectative
→ Portuguese: expectar
→ Spanish: expectar

References

“exspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“exspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
exspecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be waiting in suspense for..: suspenso animo exspectare aliquid
“expect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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