expavesco

Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ pavēscō (“I begin to fear”).

Pronunciation

Verb

expavēscō (present infinitive expavēscere, perfect active expāvī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. to become very frightened
  2. to shrink/shy away from
    • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos:
      Procul dubio expavissetis ad solitudinem vestram […]
      Undoubtedly, you would have become very frightened by your solitude […]
  3. (transitive) to dread

Conjugation
   Conjugation of expavēscō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expavēscō expavēscis expavēscit expavēscimus expavēscitis expavēscunt
imperfect expavēscēbam expavēscēbās expavēscēbat expavēscēbāmus expavēscēbātis expavēscēbant
future expavēscam expavēscēs expavēscet expavēscēmus expavēscētis expavēscent
perfect expāvī expāvistī expāvit expāvimus expāvistis expāvērunt,
expāvēre
pluperfect expāveram expāverās expāverat expāverāmus expāverātis expāverant
future perfect expāverō expāveris expāverit expāverimus expāveritis expāverint
passive present expavēscor expavēsceris,
expavēscere		 expavēscitur expavēscimur expavēsciminī expavēscuntur
imperfect expavēscēbar expavēscēbāris,
expavēscēbāre		 expavēscēbātur expavēscēbāmur expavēscēbāminī expavēscēbantur
future expavēscar expavēscēris,
expavēscēre		 expavēscētur expavēscēmur expavēscēminī expavēscentur
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present expavēscam expavēscās expavēscat expavēscāmus expavēscātis expavēscant
imperfect expavēscerem expavēscerēs expavēsceret expavēscerēmus expavēscerētis expavēscerent
perfect expāverim expāverīs expāverit expāverīmus expāverītis expāverint
pluperfect expāvissem expāvissēs expāvisset expāvissēmus expāvissētis expāvissent
passive present expavēscar expavēscāris,
expavēscāre		 expavēscātur expavēscāmur expavēscāminī expavēscantur
imperfect expavēscerer expavēscerēris,
expavēscerēre		 expavēscerētur expavēscerēmur expavēscerēminī expavēscerentur
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — expavēsce — — expavēscite —
future — expavēscitō expavēscitō — expavēscitōte expavēscuntō
passive present — expavēscere — — expavēsciminī —
future — expavēscitor expavēscitor — — expavēscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives expavēscere expāvisse — expavēscī — —
participles expavēscēns — — — — expavēscendus,
expavēscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
expavēscendī expavēscendō expavēscendum expavēscendō — —

References
  • “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “expavesco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • expavesco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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