expecto, expectas, expectare A, expectavi, expectatum Verb

Translations

  1. to await
  2. to expect
  3. to anticipate
  4. to hope for

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A-Conjugation (1)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) expectareexpectari
Anter. (Perfect) expectavisseexpectatum esse
Post. (Future) expectaturum esseexpectatum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. expectare
Gen. expectandi
Dat. expectando
Acc. expectandum
Voc. expectare
Abl. expectando

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative expecta!expectate!
Supinum
Type I expectatum
Type II expectatū

Example Sentences

Marcus Tullius Cicero

quo dedecus maius a philosopho nullum expecto.

~ Cicero, Tusculan Disputations II
L. Annaeus Seneca

(1) Quotiens aliquid inueni, non expecto donec dicas 'in commune': ipse mihi dico.

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber XX
C. Sallustius Crispus

miserandam fortunam, quod paulo ante rex genere fama atque copiis potens, nunc deformatus aerumnis, inops alienas opes expecto, tamen erat maiestatis populi Romani prohibere iniuriam neque pati cuiusquam regnum per scelus crescere.

~ Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum

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