expedio

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspe.di.oː/, [ɛkˈs̠pɛd̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈspe.di.o/, [ekˈspɛːd̪io]

Verb

expediō (present infinitive expedīre, perfect active expedīvī or expediī, supine expedītum); fourth conjugation

1. to free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles
2. to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, release
3. to unwind, untangle, untie, unwrap; disconnect, detach, extricate from entanglements
4. to remove impediments, clear obstacles; hasten, expedite a process
5. to make ready; prepare, develop, produce
6. to carry out, make happen, effect; arrange, settle a matter
7. to carry forth, bring forward; send out, dispatch, expedite
8. to procure or obtain
9. to be profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient

Conjugation

Conjugation of expediō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expediō	expedīs	expedit	expedīmus	expedītis	expediunt
	imperfect	expediēbam	expediēbās	expediēbat	expediēbāmus	expediēbātis	expediēbant
	future	expediam	expediēs	expediet	expediēmus	expediētis	expedient
	perfect	expedīvī, expediī	expedīvistī, expediistī	expedīvit, expediit	expedīvimus, expediimus	expedīvistis, expediistis	expedīvērunt, expedīvēre, expediērunt, expediēre
	pluperfect	expedīveram, expedieram	expedīverās, expedierās	expedīverat, expedierat	expedīverāmus, expedierāmus	expedīverātis, expedierātis	expedīverant, expedierant
	future perfect	expedīverō, expedierō	expedīveris, expedieris	expedīverit, expedierit	expedīverimus, expedierimus	expedīveritis, expedieritis	expedīverint, expedierint
passive	present	expedior	expedīris, expedīre	expedītur	expedīmur	expedīminī	expediuntur
	imperfect	expediēbar	expediēbāris, expediēbāre	expediēbātur	expediēbāmur	expediēbāminī	expediēbantur
	future	expediar	expediēris, expediēre	expediētur	expediēmur	expediēminī	expedientur
	perfect	expedītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	expedītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	expedītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	expediam	expediās	expediat	expediāmus	expediātis	expediant
	imperfect	expedīrem	expedīrēs	expedīret	expedīrēmus	expedīrētis	expedīrent
	perfect	expedīverim, expedierim	expedīverīs, expedierīs	expedīverit, expedierit	expedīverīmus, expedierīmus	expedīverītis, expedierītis	expedīverint, expedierint
	pluperfect	expedīvissem, expediissem	expedīvissēs, expediissēs	expedīvisset, expediisset	expedīvissēmus, expediissēmus	expedīvissētis, expediissētis	expedīvissent, expediissent
passive	present	expediar	expediāris, expediāre	expediātur	expediāmur	expediāminī	expediantur
	imperfect	expedīrer	expedīrēris, expedīrēre	expedīrētur	expedīrēmur	expedīrēminī	expedīrentur
	perfect	expedītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	expedītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	expedī	—	—	expedīte	—
	future	—	expedītō	expedītō	—	expedītōte	expediuntō
passive	present	—	expedīre	—	—	expedīminī	—
	future	—	expedītor	expedītor	—	—	expediuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		expedīre	expedīvisse, expediisse	expedītūrum esse	expedīrī, expedīrier1	expedītum esse	expedītum īrī
participles		expediēns	—	expedītūrus	—	expedītus	expediendus, expediundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		expediendī	expediendō	expediendum	expediendō	expedītum	expedītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants

• Galician: espir
• Italian: spedire
• Portuguese: despir
• Sicilian: spediri
• Venetian: spedir
• Vulgar Latin: *expedītāre
  • → Albanian: shpëtoj
• → English: expedite
• → Esperanto: ekspedi
• → French: expédier
• → Ido: expediar
• → Portuguese: expedir
• → Spanish: expedir

References

• “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “expedio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• expedio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 628.
• expedio in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2573
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
    
  • to arrange, settle a matter: negotium conficere, expedire, transigere
    
  • to make ready for battle: arma expedire (Tusc. 2. 16. 37)
    
  • to clear for action: navem expedire
    
• “expede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.