expeto

From ex- +‎ petō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spe.toː/, [ˈɛks̠pɛt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.spe.to/, [ˈɛkspet̪o]

expetō (present infinitive expetere, perfect active expetīvī or expetiī, supine expetītum); third conjugation

1. to desire, covet

   Synonyms: requīrō, affectō, cupiō, quaerō, studeō, concupiō, sitiō, petō, indigeō, aveō, spectō, voveō, circumspiciō, appetō

   Antonyms: āversor, abhorreō

2. to demand insistently, solicit

   Synonyms: supplicō, ōrō, efflāgitō, flāgitō, obsecrō, requīrō, rogō, ērogō, quaesō

3. to strive for

   Synonyms: certō, cōnītor, cōnor, temptō, affectō, tendō, quaerō, studeō, ēnītor, contendō, labōrō, molior, adnītor, perīclitor, nītor, spectō

4. to seek after, aim at

   Synonyms: affectō, quaerō, dēstinō

5. to happen

   Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obtingō, obveniō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, accidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

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• “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, 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