exspecto

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Latin

Alternative forms

• expectō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. I wait for
2. I expect

Inflection

Conjugation of exspecto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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, exspectāsti1	exspectāvit	exspectāvimus	exspectāvistis, exspectāstis1	exspectāvērunt, exspectāvēre
	pluperfect	exspectāveram	exspectāverās	exspectāverat	exspectāverāmus	exspectāverātis	exspectāverant
	future perfect	exspectāverō	exspectāveris	exspectāverit	exspectāverimus	exspectāveritis	exspectāverint
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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	exspectem	exspectēs	exspectet	exspectēmus	exspectētis	exspectent
	imperfect	exspectārem	exspectārēs	exspectāret	exspectārēmus	exspectārētis	exspectārent
	perfect	exspectāverim	exspectāverīs	exspectāverit	exspectāverimus	exspectāveritis	exspectāverint
	pluperfect	exspectāvissem, exspectāssem1	exspectāvissēs, exspectāsses1	exspectāvisset, exspectāsset1	exspectāvissēmus, exspectāssemus1	exspectāvissētis, exspectāssetis1	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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	exspectā	—	—	exspectāte	—
	future	—	exspectātō	exspectātō	—	exspectātōte	exspectantō
passive	present	—	exspectāre	—	—	exspectāminī	—
	future	—	exspectātor	exspectātor	—	—	exspectantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		exspectāre	exspectāvisse, exspectāsse1	exspectātūrus esse	exspectārī	exspectātus esse	exspectātum īrī
participles		exspectāns	—	exspectātūrus	—	exspectātus	exspectandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		exspectāre	exspectandī	exspectandō	exspectandum	exspectātum	exspectātū

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

Descendants

• English: expect
• 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^[1], 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.