From ex- + petō.
expetō (present infinitive expetere, perfect active expetīvī or expetiī, supine expetītum); third conjugation
- to desire, covet
- Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, sitiō, petō, indigeō, aveō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō
- Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō
- to demand insistently, solicit
- Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, obsecrō, requīrō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō
- to strive for
- Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, adnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō
- to seek after, aim at
- Synonyms: affectō, quaerō, dēstinō
- to happen
- Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō
| Conjugation of expetō (third conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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expetō
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expetis
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expetit
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expetimus
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expetitis
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expetunt
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| imperfect
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expetēbam
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expetēbās
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expetēbat
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expetēbāmus
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expetēbātis
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expetēbant
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| future
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expetam
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expetēs
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expetet
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expetēmus
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expetētis
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expetent
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| perfect
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expetīvī,
expetiī
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expetīvistī,
expetiistī,
expetīstī1
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expetīvit,
expetiit,
expetīt1
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expetīvimus,
expetiimus,
expetīmus1
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expetīvistis,
expetiistis,
expetīstis1
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expetīvērunt,
expetīvēre,
expetiērunt,
expetiēre,
expetīrunt1
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| pluperfect
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expetīveram,
expetieram,
expetīram1
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expetīverās,
expetierās,
expetīrās1
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expetīverat,
expetierat,
expetīrat1
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expetīverāmus,
expetierāmus,
expetīrāmus1
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expetīverātis,
expetierātis,
expetīrātis1
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expetīverant,
expetierant,
expetīrant1
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| future perfect
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expetīverō,
expetierō,
expetīrō1
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expetīveris,
expetieris,
expetīris1
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expetīverit,
expetierit,
expetīrit1
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expetīverimus,
expetierimus,
expetīrimus1
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expetīveritis,
expetieritis,
expetīritis1
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expetīverint,
expetierint,
expetīrint1
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| passive
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present
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expetor
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expeteris,
expetere
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expetitur
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expetimur
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expetiminī
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expetuntur
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| imperfect
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expetēbar
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expetēbāris,
expetēbāre
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expetēbātur
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expetēbāmur
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expetēbāminī
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expetēbantur
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| future
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expetar
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expetēris,
expetēre
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expetētur
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expetēmur
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expetēminī
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expetentur
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| perfect
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expetītus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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expetītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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expetītus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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expetam
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expetās
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expetat
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expetāmus
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expetātis
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expetant
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| imperfect
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expeterem
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expeterēs
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expeteret
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expeterēmus
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expeterētis
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expeterent
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| perfect
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expetīverim,
expetierim,
expetīrim1
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expetīverīs,
expetierīs,
expetīrīs1
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expetīverit,
expetierit,
expetīrit1
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expetīverīmus,
expetierīmus,
expetīrīmus1
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expetīverītis,
expetierītis,
expetīrītis1
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expetīverint,
expetierint,
expetīrint1
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| pluperfect
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expetīvissem,
expetiissem,
expetīssem1
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expetīvissēs,
expetiissēs,
expetīssēs1
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expetīvisset,
expetiisset,
expetīsset1
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expetīvissēmus,
expetiissēmus,
expetīssēmus1
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expetīvissētis,
expetiissētis,
expetīssētis1
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expetīvissent,
expetiissent,
expetīssent1
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| passive
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present
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expetar
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expetāris,
expetāre
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expetātur
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expetāmur
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expetāminī
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expetantur
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| imperfect
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expeterer
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expeterēris,
expeterēre
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expeterētur
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expeterēmur
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expeterēminī
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expeterentur
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| perfect
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expetītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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expetītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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expete
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—
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—
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expetite
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—
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| future
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—
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expetitō
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expetitō
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—
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expetitōte
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expetuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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expetere
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—
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—
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expetiminī
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—
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| future
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—
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expetitor
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expetitor
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—
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—
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expetuntor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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expetere
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expetīvisse,
expetiisse,
expetīsse1
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expetītūrum esse
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expetī
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expetītum esse
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expetītum īrī
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| participles
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expetēns
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—
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expetītūrus
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—
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expetītus
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expetendus,
expetundus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| expetendī
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expetendō
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expetendum
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expetendō
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expetītum
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expetītū
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1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
- “expeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- expeto in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), 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