exspectō, exspectāre, exspectāvī, exspectātum

Definitions for exspectāre

Wheelock's Latin

Verb

1
to look for, expect, await
English derivatives:
expectancy expectation

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Verb

1
To wait for (a person); (also conditions, events). (b) (of events, etc.) to lie in store for, await.
2
To regard (something) as about to happen, expect; to expect the coming of (a person). (b) (w. noun phrs. or cls.) (c) (pass. pple. as sb.).
3
To look forward to, hope for. (b) (pass. pple.) awaited with interest.
4
(int.) To wait in expectation. (b) (w. acc. of duration of time; also pass., of time). (c) (ellipt., w. indir. qu.) to wait to see or know; (also, w. de).

Sentences with exspectāre

Latin to English

Cīvēs illārum quīnque urbium lībertātem exspectābant.Compare The citizens of those five cities kept expecting liberty.

Ille dux veniat. Eum exspectāmus.Compare Let that leader come. We are awaiting him.

Cornēlius in ātriō amīcōs exspectat.Compare Cornelius waits for his friends in the atrium.

Dimidium facti qui coepit habet; sapere aude; incipe! Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam, rusticus exspectat dum defluat amnis; at ille labitur et labetur in omne volunilis aevum.Compare He who has begun his task has half done it. Have the courage to be wise. Begin! He who keeps putting off the moment of reform is like the countryman waiting for the river to run by. But the river slides and rolls, will slide and roll on to all time.

Ego navis paro: tuus litterae tamen exspecto.Compare I have got a ship ready: nevertheless I am waiting for a letter from you.

Exspecto tribunus, qui ipse vester auxilium opus est.Compare You are waiting for the tribunes, who themselves need your help.

Conjugation table for exspectāre

Cactus2000

ACTIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
exspectō exspectās exspectat exspectāmus exspectātis exspectant	exspectābam exspectābās exspectābat exspectābāmus exspectābātis exspectābant
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
exspectāvī exspectāvistī exspectāvit exspectāvimus exspectāvistis exspectāvērunt / exspectāvēre	exspectāveram exspectāverās exspectāverat exspectāverāmus exspectāverātis exspectāverant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
exspectābō exspectābis exspectābit exspectābimus exspectābitis exspectābunt	exspectāverō exspectāveris exspectāverit exspectāverimus exspectāveritis exspectāverint
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
exspectem exspectēs exspectet exspectēmus exspectētis exspectent	exspectārem exspectārēs exspectāret exspectārēmus exspectārētis exspectārent
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
exspectāverim exspectāveris exspectāverit exspectāverimus exspectāveritis exspectāverint	exspectāvissem exspectāvissēs exspectāvisset exspectāvissēmus exspectāvissētis exspectāvissent
Infinitive present exspectāre Infinitive perfect exspectāvisse Infinitive future exspectātūrum esse	Imperative present exspectā exspectāte Imperative future exspectātō exspectātō exspectātōte exspectantō

PASSIVE
Indicative present	Indicative imperfect
exspector exspectāris exspectātur exspectāmur exspectāminī exspectantur	exspectābar exspectābāris / exspectābāre exspectābātur exspectābāmur exspectābāminī exspectābantur
Indicative perfect	Indicative pluperfect
exspectātus sum exspectātus es exspectātus est exspectātī sumus exspectātī estis exspectātī sunt	exspectātus eram exspectātus erās exspectātus erat exspectātī erāmus exspectātī erātis exspectātī erant
Indicative future	Indicative future perfect
exspectābor exspectāberis / exspectābere exspectābitur exspectābimur exspectābiminī exspectābuntur	exspectātus erō exspectātus eris exspectātus erit exspectātī erimus exspectātī eritis exspectātī erunt
Subjunctive present	Subjunctive imperfect
exspecter exspectēris / exspectēre exspectētur exspectēmur exspectēminī exspectentur	exspectārer exspectārēris / exspectārēre exspectārētur exspectārēmur exspectārēminī exspectārentur
Subjunctive perfect	Subjunctive pluperfect
exspectātus sim exspectātus sīs exspectātus sit exspectātī sīmus exspectātī sītis exspectātī sint	exspectātus essem exspectātus essēs exspectātus esset exspectātī essēmus exspectātī essētis exspectātī essent
Infinitive present exspectārī Infinitive perfect exspectātum esse Infinitive future exspectātum īrī	Imperative present exspectāre exspectāminī Imperative future exspectātor exspectātor - exspectāntor

	PARTICIPLE
	Participle present active
Nom.	exspectāns	exspectantēs
Gen.	exspectantis	exspectantium
Dat.	exspectantī	exspectantibus
Acc.	exspectantem	exspectantēs
Abl.	exspectante	exspectantibus
	Participle future active
Nom.	exspectātūrus	exspectātūrī
Gen.	exspectātūrī	exspectātūrōrum
Dat.	exspectātūrō	exspectātūrīs
Acc.	exspectātūrum	exspectātūrōs
Abl.	exspectātūrō	exspectātūrīs
	Participle perfect passive
Nom.	exspectātus	exspectātī
Gen.	exspectātī	exspectātōrum
Dat.	exspectātō	exspectātīs
Acc.	exspectātum	exspectātōs
Abl.	exspectātō	exspectātīs
	Gerundive
Nom.	exspectandus	exspectandī
Gen.	exspectandī	exspectandōrum
Dat.	exspectandō	exspectandīs
Acc.	exspectandum	exspectandōs
Abl.	exspectandō	exspectandīs
	Gerund	Supine
Nom.	exspectāre	exspectātum
Gen.	exspectandī	exspectātū
Dat.	exspectandō
Acc.	exspectandum
Abl.	exspectandō

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 100.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 656.
Word frequencies
Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "exspectō, exspectāre, exspectāvī, exspectātum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified August 22, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/exspecto-exspectare-exspectavi-exspectatum.