expedio

== Latin == === Etymology === From ex- (“out of”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛkˈspɛ.di.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈspɛː.di.o] === Verb === expediō (present infinitive expedīre, perfect active expedīvī or expediī, supine expedītum); fourth conjugation to free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose the shackles to loosen restraints, unchain, set free, liberate, release to explain, relate, narrate Synonyms: referō, prōdō, pandō, trādō, ferō, dīcitur to unwind, untangle, untie, unwrap; disconnect, detach, extricate from entanglements to remove impediments, clear obstacles; hasten, expedite a process to make ready; prepare, develop, produce to carry out, make happen, effect; arrange, settle a matter to carry forth, bring forward; send out, dispatch, expedite to procure or obtain to be profitable, serviceable, advantageous, expedient Synonyms: prōsum, adiuvō, prōficiō, cōnferō ==== Conjugation ==== 1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “expede”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “expedite”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.