expeditus

== Latin == === Etymology === Perfect passive participle of expediō (“to free feet from snares, unfasten fetters”), from ex- (“out of”) +‎ pēs, pedis (“feet”) +‎ -iō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛk.spɛˈdiː.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ek.speˈdiː.tus] === Participle === expedītus (feminine expedīta, neuter expedītum, comparative expedītior, superlative expedītissimus, adverb expedītē); first/second-declension participle unhindered, unhampered, unimpeded, unencumbered, liberated disengaged, free, easy, loose, relaxed; without difficulties unburdened by baggage; light; quick, fast; fluent, quick-witted made fit, prepared, ready for use; at hand; on standby Caesar legiōnēs quās expedītās esse iusserat [...] intrōmittit ― Caesar sends in the legions which he had ordered to be ready (Caesar, de Bello Gallico, VII, 11) arranged, decided, settled, brought to order; determined, resolute expedited, hastened, quickened, accelerated produced, developed, effected; procured, obtained dispatched, sent forth; completed, executed, disposed of commodious, convenient; advantageous, profitable, expedient ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === expedītus m (genitive expedītī); second declension light armed, infantry ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === Further reading === “expeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “expeditus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “expeditus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 629. expeditus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 2576 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. ONLINE LATIN DICTIONARY OLIVETTI