exspecto

== Latin == === Alternative forms === expectō === Etymology === From ex- (“out”) +‎ spectō (“to look at”), frequentative of speciō (“to see”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛks(ː)pɛk.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eksˈspɛk.to] === Verb === exspectō (present infinitive exspectāre, perfect active exspectāvī, supine exspectātum); first conjugation to wait for, await Synonyms: opperior, maneō to look for, expect Synonym: spērō to have need of, require Synonyms: requīrō, egeō ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested. ==== Derived terms ==== exspectātiō ==== Descendants ==== Emilian: asptèr >? Galician: espeitar Italian: aspettare Neapolitan: aspettare Sicilian: aspittari → English: expect →⇒ French: expectative → Portuguese: expectar → Spanish: expectar === References === “exspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “exspecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “exspecto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “expect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.