LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

expandō

expandō (present infinitive expandere, perfect active expandī, supine expānsum or expassum)
Classical[ɛkˈspan.doː]Ecclesiastical[ekˈspan.do]

Meaning

  1. to spread something out
  2. to expand
  3. to explain

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.expandōexpandēbamexpandamexpandīexpanderamexpanderō
2nd sg.expandisexpandēbāsexpandēsexpandistīexpanderāsexpanderis
3rd sg.expanditexpandēbatexpandetexpanditexpanderatexpanderit
1st pl.expandimusexpandēbāmusexpandēmusexpandimusexpanderāmusexpanderimus
2nd pl.expanditisexpandēbātisexpandētisexpandistisexpanderātisexpanderitis
3rd pl.expanduntexpandēbantexpandentexpandērunt
expandēre		expanderantexpanderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.expandamexpanderemexpanderimexpandissem
2nd sg.expandāsexpanderēsexpanderīsexpandissēs
3rd sg.expandatexpanderetexpanderitexpandisset
1st pl.expandāmusexpanderēmusexpanderīmusexpandissēmus
2nd pl.expandātisexpanderētisexpanderītisexpandissētis
3rd pl.expandantexpanderentexpanderintexpandissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.expandorexpandēbarexpandar
2nd sg.expanderis
expandere		expandēbāris
expandēbāre		expandēris
expandēre
3rd sg.expanditurexpandēbāturexpandētur
1st pl.expandimurexpandēbāmurexpandēmur
2nd pl.expandiminīexpandēbāminīexpandēminī
3rd pl.expandunturexpandēbanturexpandentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.expandarexpanderer
2nd sg.expandāris
expandāre		expanderēris
expanderēre
3rd sg.expandāturexpanderētur
1st pl.expandāmurexpanderēmur
2nd pl.expandāminīexpanderēminī
3rd pl.expandanturexpanderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.expandeexpandere
pres. 2nd pl.expanditeexpandiminī
fut. 2nd sg.expanditōexpanditor
fut. 3rd sg.expanditōexpanditor
fut. 2nd pl.expanditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.expanduntōexpanduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexpandereexpandī
perfect infinitiveexpandisseexpānsum esse
expassum esse
future infinitiveexpānsūrum esse
expassūrum esse		expānsum īrī
expassum īrī
present participleexpandēns—
perfect participle—expānsus
expassus, expānsa, expānsā, expānsae, expānsam, expānsārum, expānsās, expānse, expānsī, expānsīs, expānsō, expānsōrum, expānsōs
future participleexpānsūrus
expassūrus, expānsūra, expānsūrā, expānsūrae, expānsūram, expānsūrārum, expānsūrās, expānsūre, expānsūrī, expānsūrīs, expānsūrō, expānsūrōrum, expānsūrōs, expānsūrum		expandendus
expandundus, expandenda, expandendā, expandendae, expandendam, expandendārum, expandendās, expandende, expandendīs, expandendōrum, expandendōs
gerundexpandendī, expandendō, expandendumsupineexpānsum, expānsū

ex-pando, pandi, pansum or passum (the former, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; 9, 33, 52, § 103; 31, 6, 37, § 70; the latter, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2; but in Tac. H. 5, 13, very dub., the more prob. reading being exapertae, v. Orell. ad h. l.), 3, v. a.,
I. to spread out, spread apart, to expand (mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic.).
I. Lit.: haec nuntiasse et flammeum expassum domi, Caecil. ap. Gell. 15, 15, 2: vestes supra fontem frigidum, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228: vellera circa navim, id. 31, 6, 37, § 70: alas (grues), id. 10, 38, 54, § 111: ficus in sole, Col. 12, 15, 3: herbas sub umbra, id. 12, 13, 2 et saep.—Mid.: vagus ille, cum expanditur, amnis (Nilus), Plin. Pan. 30, 4.—*
II. Trop.: rerum naturam dictis, to lay open, unfold, explain, Lucr. 1, 126.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexpandō

Latin ex- Latin pandō Latin expandō From ex- (“out”) + pandō (“spread”).

Elsewhere
  • Frenchépancherfrom Vulgar Latin *expandicāre
  • Catalanexpandir
  • Germanexpandieren
  • Italianespandere
  • Occitanespandre
  • Occitanespandir
  • Spanishexpandirfrom Old Spanish espandir
  • Portugueseexpandir
  • Romanianexpanda
  • Bourguignonrépainchéfrom Vulgar Latin *expandicāre
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italianspandere
  • Corsicanspande
  • Istriotspànsi
  • Neapolitanspànnere
  • Sicilianspànniri
  • Venetanspànder
  • Venetanspàndar
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanesbandir
Insular Romance
  • Campidanesespàndiri
  • Logudoreseispàndere
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianspand
  • Ladinspaner

Quick answers

What does expandō mean in Latin?
expandō, a verb, means “to spread something out; to expand; to explain”.
What are the principal parts of expandō?
expandō, expandere, expandī, expānsum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce expandō?
In classical Latin, [ɛkˈspan.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ekˈspan.do].
Where does expandō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin expandō.