Latin

Verb

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

1. I desire, covet
2. I aspire to
3. I happen

Inflection

References

• expeto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• expeto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “expeto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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