expectoro

== Catalan == === Verb === expectoro first-person singular present indicative of expectorar == Latin == === Etymology === ex- +‎ pectus (“chest; mind, spirit”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈspɛk.tɔ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈspɛk.to.ro] === Verb === expectorō (present infinitive expectorāre); first conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems (transitive) to banish from one's mind (post-Classical) to clear from one's chest, lungs ==== Usage notes ==== The sense "banish from one's mind" was seen as archaic by Classical grammarians. The word was likely formed anew, with a more literal meaning, by Renaissance medical writers. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “expectoro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Portuguese == === Verb === expectoro first-person singular present indicative of expectorar == Spanish == === Verb === expectoro first-person singular present indicative of expectorar